ANOTHER HARDY GARDEN BOOK 



anthemums have been brought to perfection, 

 and where they may steep their senses in 

 this beauty daily, from the time the early 

 cherry blossoms come until the petals of 

 the last Chrysanthemum have been borne 

 away by the winds. But how few dwellers 

 in our cities give thought to the wonderful 

 beauty to be seen, just a little way out in 

 the country, when the blossoms come in 

 Spring! And even were time available, how 

 few among the multitude would leave the 

 asphalt for a day merely to gaze upon the 

 fairy-like scene! To them, living is such 

 a tread-mill of obligation and toil and work, 

 that many go through life with unseeing 

 eyes for the great beauties of Nature. 

 From the days when the stern Pilgrims, hoe 

 in hand and musket slung over the shoulder, 

 wrested a scanty living from the wilderness, 

 until to-day, when millionaires travel be- 

 tween their country places and Wall Street 

 by automobile, swift yacht, or special train, 

 reading the last edition of the newspaper en 

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