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can grow; I must have at least ten plants of each kind, 

 and of course I expect each one to be healthy and to 

 bear profusely! At the end where the wall is bare, 

 must be the fountain with water flowing into two semi 

 circular basins, the smaller one about three feet above 

 the other and made shallow by rocks so that the birds 

 may frequent it. This will be a useful as well as beau 

 tiful feature, for close by will be a bench whose cover 

 will lift, disclosing watering cans and sprayers, shears 

 and various tools, even a basket or two in case of need. 

 In the winter garden would be dwarf evergreens, 

 hemlocks and cedars and spruces, with the ground 

 juniper where the lingering robin may find a refuge. 

 At intervals must rise a Japanese yew, straight and tall 

 like an exclamation point. Bushes with berries must 

 line the paths of this enclosure buckthorn and bay- 

 berry, high-bush cranberry and the Christmas berry 

 with barberries both native and Japanese. Here also 

 those flowers whose seeds persist during the winter must 

 find a lodgment, for this garden is to be especially fitted 

 up for the birds. Food bells and bird boxes, pieces of 



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