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Old Herbaceous: A Novel of the Garden QUOTES

Old Herbaceous: A Novel of the Garden QUOTES

1 " Mrs. Charteris used to say that if we spent our spare time growing flowers instead of talking a lot of nonsense, the world would be a happier place... "

― Reginald Arkell , Old Herbaceous: A Novel of the Garden

2 " Funny, that! You planted a tree; you watched it grow; you picked the fruit and, when you were old, you sat in the shade of it. Then you died and they forgot all about you—just as though you had never been....But the tree went on growing, and everybody took it for granted. It always had been there and it always would be there....Everybody ought to plant a tree, sometime or another—if only to keep them humble in the sight of the Lord. "

― Reginald Arkell , Old Herbaceous: A Novel of the Garden