GARDEN STONE GARDENER'S PRAYER 27" X 17"

O Lord, grant that in some way it may rain every day, Say from about midnight until three o’clock in the morning,but, You see, it must be gentle and warm so that it can soak in; grant that at the same time it would not rain on campion, alyssum, lavender, and the others which You in Your infinite wisdom know are drought-loving-plants-I will write their names on a little piece of paper if You like-And grant that the sun may shine the whole day long, but not everywhere (not, for instance, on spirea or on the plantain lily, and rhododendron), and not too much; that there may be plenty of dew and little wind, enough worms, no aphids and snails, no mildew, and that once a week liquid manure and guano may fall from heaven. Amen