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Old Time Gardens 



Persistent efforts have been made to acclimate 

 both Heather and Gorse in America. We have seen 

 how Broom came uninvited and spread unasked on 

 the Massachusetts coast ; but Gorse and Heather 

 have proved shy creatures. On the beautiful island 

 of Naushon the carefully planted Gorse may be 

 found spread in widely scattered spots and also on 

 the near-by mainland, but it cannot be said to have 



Garden of Mrs. Frank Robinson, Wakefield, Rhode Island. 



thrived markedly. The Scotch Heather, too, has 

 been frequently planted, and watched and pushed, 

 but it is slow to become acclimated. It is not be- 

 cause the winters are too cold, for it is found in 

 considerable amount in bitter Newfoundland ; per- 

 haps it prefers to live under a crown. 



Modern authors have seldom given their names 

 to gardens, not even Tennyson with his intimate 

 and extended knowledge of garden flowers. A 



