Every Decade Needs Its Own Manual Of

One Must First Seek To Love Plants And Nature, And Then To Cultivate That Happy Peace Of Mind Which Is Satisfied With Little. He Will Be Happier If He Has No Rigid And Arbitrary Ideals, For Gardens Are Coquettish, Particularly With The Novice.

No Beast Has Ever Overcome The Earth; And The Natural World Has Never Been Conquered By Muscular Force.

Is There Any Progress In Horticulture? If Not, It Is Dead, Uninspiring. We Cannot Live In The Past Good As It Is; We Must Draw Our Inspiration From The Future.

There Is No Excellence Without Labor. One Cannot Dream Oneself Into Either Usefulness Or Happiness.

When The Traveler Goes Alone He Gets Acquainted With Himself.