



Produced by Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net









  THE GARDEN, YOU, AND I


  [Illustration: A SEASIDE GARDEN.]


  THE GARDEN, YOU, AND I

  BY

  BARBARA

  AUTHOR OF

  "THE GARDEN OF A COMMUTER'S WIFE," "PEOPLE OF
  THE WHIRLPOOL," "AT THE SIGN OF THE
  FOX," ETC.


  New York
  THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
  LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.
  1906

  _All rights reserved_

  COPYRIGHT, 1906.

  BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

  Set up and electrotyped. Published June, 1906.

  Norwood Press
  J.S. Cushing & Co.--Berwick & Smith Co.
  Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.




  ~Dedicated~

      TO

    J.L.G.

    I.M.T.

     AND

    A.B.P.

  THE LITERARY GARDENERS
  OF REDDING




  GREETING


  This book is for those who in treading the garden path have no thought
  of material gain; rather must they give,--from the pocket as they
  may,--from the brain much,--and from the heart all,--if they would drink
  in full measure this pure joy of livi