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The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
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George Gissing
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But
the
gardener
and
I
understand
each
other
as
soon
as
we
go
to
the
back
of
the
house,
and
get
among
the
vegetables.
On
that
ground
he
finds
me
perfectly
sane.
And
indeed
I
am
not
sure
that
the
kitchen
garden
does
not
give
me
more
pleasure
than
the
domain
of
flowers.
Every
morning
I
step
round
before
breakfast
to
see
how
things
are
"coming
on."
It
is
happiness
to
note
the
swelling
of
pods,
the
healthy
vigour
of
potato
plants,
aye,
even
the
shooting
up
of
radishes
and
cress.
This
year
I
have
a
grove
of
Jerusalem
artichokes;
they
are
seven
or
eight
feet
high,
and
I
seem
to
get
vigour
as
I
look
at
the
stems
which
are
all
but
trunks,
at
the
great
beautiful
leaves.
Delightful,
too,
are
the
scarlet
runners,
which
have
to
be
propped
again
and
again,
or
they
would
break
down
under
the
abundance
of
their
yield.
It
is
a
treat
to
me
to
go
among
them
with
a
basket,
gathering;
I
feel
as
though
Nature
herself
showed
kindness
to
me,
in
giving
me
such
abundant
food.
How
fresh
and
wholesome
are
the
odours--especially
if
a
shower
has
fallen
not
long
ago!
I
have
some
magnificent
carrots
this
year--straight,
clean,
tapering,
the
colour
a
joy
to
look
upon.
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