Elizabeth and her German Garden Section 2 - May 1Section th

In which the garden blossoms under the patient care of a somewhat reluctant gardener, and the tender struggles of a novice gardener striving for a natural and joyous arrangement are tenderly chronicled. The writer reflects with quiet contentment on the simple pleasures of garden life—its blooms, books, babies, and balmy evenings—finding in this rural retreat a happiness quite at odds with the bafflement of her town acquaintances.