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This desolate garden and its mined house are a part of hundreds of thousands such, or millions. THIS DESOLATE GARDEN AND ITS MIND HOUSE ARE A PART OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS SUCH OR MILLIONS
whichever way we turn, one notices more the small things that are left. One of the greenhouses is almost all gone, a tumbled mass that might be a piece of Babylon, if archæologists should come to study it. But it is too sad to study, too untidy to have any interest, and, alas, too common: there are hundreds of miles of this. The other greenhouse, a sad, ungainly skeleton, is possessed by grass and weeds. On the raised centre many flower-pots were neatly arranged once: they stand in orderly lines, but each separate one is broken: none contain flowers any more, but only grass. And the glass of the greenhouse lies there in showers, all grey. No one has tidied anything up there for years. A meadow-sweet had come into that greenhouse and dwelt there in that abode of fine tropical flowers, and one night an elder tree had entered and is now as high as the house, and at the end of the greenhouse grass has come in like a wave; for change and disaster are far-reaching and are only mirrored here.  AND MISERY CONFRONT US WHICHEVER WAY WE TURN ONE NOTICES MORE THE SMALL THINGS THAT ARE LEFT ONE OF THE GREENHOUSES IS ALMOST ALL GONE A TUMBLED MASS THAT MIGHT BE A PIECE OF BABYLON IF ARCHAEOLOGIST SHOULD COME TO STUDY IT BUT IT IS TOO SAD TO STUDY TOO UNTIDY TO HAVE ANY INTEREST AND ALAS TOO COMMON THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF MILES OF THIS THE OTHER GREEN HOUSE A SAD UNGAINLY SKELETON IS POSSESSED BY GRASS AND WEEDS ON THE RAISED CENTER MANY FLOWER POTS WERE NEATLY ARRANGED ONCE THEY STAND IN ORDERLY LINES BUT EACH SEPARATE ONE IS BROKEN NONE CONTAIN FLOWERS ANY MORE BUT ONLY GRASS AND THE GLASS OF THE GREENHOUSE LIES THERE IN SHOWERS ALL GREY NO ONE HAS TIDIED ANYTHING UP THERE FOR YEARS A MEADOW SUITE HAD COME INTO THAT GREEN HOUSE AND DWELT THERE IN THAT ABODE OF FINE TROPICAL FLOWERS AND ONE NIGHT AN ELDER TREE HAD ENTERED AND IS NOW AS HIGH AS THE HOUSE AND AT THE END OF THE GREEN HOUSE GRASS HAS COME IN LIKE A WAVE FOR CHANGE AND DISASTER ARE FAR REACHING AND ARE ONLY MIRRORED HERE
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