The Rescue of an Old Place 



at present they serve to give the spot a 

 cosy and protected air, and the sunlight 

 shifts through the light foliage, and falls 

 kindly on the bright group of blossoms 

 that make it so gay at the end of summer. 

 Wild flow- The pool is close to an old gray fence, 

 /* ' over which the wild vines clamber, and 

 against which the Milkwort, with its stiff 

 stems and smooth leaves, stands up erect, 

 its panicled pink blossom a-top ; not a 

 very choice plant, but a sturdy one, and 

 the vivid color " carries " well against the 

 green, and composes agreeably with the 

 masses of Arrowheads that are at this 

 season full of blossoms and tall-stemmed 

 sharp leaves, like a group of Amazons 

 with their shafts drawn to the ear. 



At the edge of the pool a mass of 

 sedges has been left unmown, and here 

 are clumps of the creamy blossoms of 

 the wild Foxglove, mixed with all sorts of 

 Goldenrod, and some budding Asters, 

 while the flowers of the Grasses are them- 

 selves beautiful and various in their own 

 quiet way, some with plumes and some 

 with spears, as if ready to oppose the Ar- 

 rowheads. 



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