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try made in my memorandum-book at the time. The 

 necessary tools, such as wheel-barrows, spades, hoes, 

 drills, cultivators, etc., were added, but the charge for 

 these seems to have been omitted ; and when Weeville 

 reported that the first planting two rows of Daniel 

 O Rourke peas had been completed, I invited a 

 couple of friends to ride over on horseback to see 

 my country place, for I was still living in the city. 

 The house was then in its foundation state, but the 

 garden would be well worth a visit. 



It is a beautiful ride to Flushing. An intelligent 

 man, named Jackson, has built an excellent turnpike 

 almost the only one in our country and, with jus 

 tifiable pride, has called it after himself. The scen 

 ery is diversified with hill and dale, with fertile fields 

 and dense woods, and, before reaching the village, the 

 highway skirts the bay, and presents a clear view for 

 some distance up the Sound. We clattered along 

 past the bridge and through the village out to the 

 five -acre plot. There it lay, bare and charming, 

 without a fence, almost without a tree ; the house 

 scattered in every direction; the foundation going 

 up and the well going down ; heaps of sand collect 

 ed here and there, and a platform for mixing mortar 

 directly where the flowers ought to be ; but where 

 was the garden ? We rode in every direction, and at 



