52 Old Time Gardens 



white Mallow with flannelly leaves which, doubtless, 

 aspired to inhabit the sacred bounds of the front 

 yard (and probably dwelt there originally), and 

 often were gladly permitted to grow in side gar- 

 dens or kitchen dooryards, but which were re-- 

 garded as interloping weeds by the guardians of the 



Orange Day Lilies. 



front yard, and sternly exiled. Sometimes a bed 

 of these orange-tawny Day Lilies which had once 

 been warmly welcomed from the Orient, and now 

 were not wanted anywhere by any one, kept com- 

 pany with the Bouncing Bet, and stretched cheer- 

 fully down-the roadside. 



When the fences disappeared with the night 

 rambles of the cows, the front yards gradually 



