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of the house, made snug little arbors of wild 

 grapes and clematis, covered the rear fence and 

 the outhouse with actinidia and bitter-sweet, and 

 has thrown in dashes of color with hollyhocks, 

 cannas and lilies, and has tied the foundations of 

 the buildings to the greensward by low strands of 







157. Ailanthus and sunflowers. 



vines or deft bits of planting. He soon comes to 

 feel that flowers are most expressive of the best 

 emotions when they are daintily dropped in here 

 and there against a background of foliage. Pres- 

 ently he rebels at the bold, harsh and impudent 

 designs of some of the gardeners, and grows into 

 a pure and subdued love of plant forms and ver- 

 dure. He may still like the weeping and cut- 

 leaved and party-colored trees of the horticul- 



