BY WAY OF DEDICATION. II 



gardening into a fine art ; expressing a wondei 

 that was as complimentary to me as it was to 

 Nature ; bringing an atmosphere which made 

 the garden a region of romance, the soil of 

 which was set apart for fruits native to climes 

 unseen. It was this bright presence that filled 

 the garden, as it did the summer, with light, 

 and now leaves upon it that tender play of 

 color and bloom which is called among the Alps 



the after-glow. 



C. D. W. 



NOOK FARM, HARTFORD, October, 1870. 



