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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



A \IK\V FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE POND. 



cesses of wild nature. It is curious that 

 such a bit of property was obtainable so 

 close to the very heart of wealthy Green- 

 wich. Almost everything else has been de- 

 nuded by the axe and the bush scythe, and 



shaved level as if laid out by the formal 

 landscape gardener, and cut and carved 

 into the precision of geometrical walks. 

 Such treatment may have its place but it 

 evidently has none on Mr. Nichols's 



JUST A FROLIC GROUXD FOR THE LAWN MOWER. 



