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we planted perennial Phlox, Hollyhocks, and 

 clumps of " Golden Glow" Rudbeckia. Here 

 and there, where they would show to good 

 advantage, we made groups of Hydrangea 

 and wild Roses and the White-flowered Elder 

 of the roadsides and fence-corners. In this 

 way we secured considerable variety without 

 the expenditure of a dollar, as all the cultivated 

 plants we used were given us by those who had 

 more than they had use for, and the native 

 plants were to be had for the taking in the 

 fields and pastures. The result of our work 

 here was most gratifying. When we got 

 through with "the park" it was something we 

 were all proud of. We speak of it nowadays 

 in a respectful and appreciative way, and we 

 are justified in the pride we take in it, for it is 

 a park that would be a credit to any village. 



Every pleasant evening in the summer the 

 young people congregate in it, and once or 

 twice a week the band practises there, and we 

 all turn out to listen to it and visit with our 

 neighbors and congratulate ourselves on the 

 new order of things. It is natural that we 

 should feel a sort of partnership pride in what 

 we have done, because it has been the out- 

 growth of cooperation. 



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