FROM A NEW ENGLAND HILLSIDE. 203 



XXXIX. 



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YESTERDAY morning we went up into a 

 neighbouring wood to select some cedar 

 trees whose trunks shall serve as pillars for 

 the porches. They are to be straight and 

 firm, and are to have the branches cut off 

 and to have the bark stripped from them, 

 but otherwise they are to be left in their 

 natural condition. Branches of the same, 

 not too pronounced in their eccentricity, 

 will be used for the balustrade and the 

 trellis beneath. Then honeysuckles and 

 other vines will be invited to lend their 

 graceful tracery in decoration, and their 

 grateful shade from the southern, eastern, 

 and western sun. 



It is almost a pity that the living trees 

 cannot be taken and made to serve our 



