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other sides are little hills and valleys and 

 long open reaches of sunlit turf. A hundred 

 cedars tower in line along the northern and 

 western sides as guarding sentinels against 

 the winds of winter. Two big magnolias, 

 robed in everlasting green, stand beside the 

 white pillars on the front porch and blossom 

 all summer. 



On the water side the hollies cast their 

 dense shade in summer and lift triumphantly 

 their bouquets of scarlet berry and green 

 leaves through the fiercest storms of winter. 



A mockingbird builds every summer in 

 the flowering holly which we see on the water's 

 edge from the dining-room window, while 

 another nests in the rosebush nearby, and 

 from every shrub and tree the chatter and 

 song of an army of feathered musicians fill 

 the air with melody. 



We have nothing artificial, forced or cul- 

 tivated only the trees, hardy shrubs, grass 

 and wild flowers. 



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