BIRDS & 
all of Grandmother's flowers, and made the garden a pict= 
uresque spot in J une. Dainty wallflowers clung to the 
stone wall that marked the east side, while stately holly- 
hocks and smiling sunflowers vied with each other in 
trying to peep above the top. Clumps of Juneberry, 
spice bush, Japanese dogwood, 
and other varieties of shrubs 
attractive to birds 
grew about the old 
well, beside the ar~ 
bor, and formed the 
hedgerow back of 
the garden. In the 
spring they harbored 
the white-crowned, 
white-throated, and 
fox sparrows, ~~ aris~ 
ni | let tocrats of the spar~ 
i ) row tribe; the lively 
GF W a VA carol of the early song sparrow 
fj { , ae ane blended delightfully with the 
white-throat's clear, sweet, 
whistle and many a duet did they sing together before 
the latter departed for the North. A simple path fringed 
with dainty columbine and larkspur guided one to the 
cool moss arbor, where it was pleasant to sit on sunny 
days and watch the bluebirds teaching their speckle- 
breasted young to bathe in the bird-pool nearby, or see 
the golden oriole feeding lucious cherries to his mate in 
the pensile nest in the apple tree. 
The low weather-beaten coftage itself, with its 
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