Utility versus Beauty 



a tree that you have intended to plant 

 at this season the complications are in- 

 creased, for setting a tree properly is a 

 work of time, and delay here is danger- 

 ous. 



The perennials need overhauling and 

 replanting in the flower-garden ; the weeds 

 are rushing ahead and choking every- 

 thing ; you want your man to attend to 

 them when he has to be putting in peas 

 and potatoes for your future sustenance. 



The whole spring is one breathless 

 moment, through which you are rushed 

 helter-skelter, leaving half your needs un- 

 attended to ; and while you are still en- 

 deavoring to catch up with the work, all 

 of a sudden our headlong summer bounces 

 into haying time, and the hapless beautifier 

 is worse off than ever. 



Of what account are trees and shrubs 

 and flowers, or even the ever-clamoring 

 lawn itself, when the fields are to be 

 shorn, and possible thunderstorms lurk 

 low along the horizon ? This is the weeds' 

 moment, and they avail themselves of 

 it promptly. Up comes the Chickweed 

 among the peas and corn ; the flower- 

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