PAINTING THE LANDSCAPE 



Hence, our clearing is kept free of 

 trees on that side of the house. But, al- 

 though trees are banished there, nature 

 is allowed a free hand with other growths, 

 and lavishly has she taken advantage 

 thereof, and filled it with grasses and 

 ferns, goldenrod, hardhack, asters, fire- 

 weed, everlasting, yarrow, and I know not 

 how many other wild and luxuriant flower- 

 ing plants. This ever blooming wilderness 

 is, however, not brilliant, but, on the con- 

 trary, its tones are low and rich. Its 

 greens are olive, its yellows tinged with 

 brown, its reds incline to purple, and its 

 whites to gray. On the upper edge of 

 this wild open space is the little plateau 

 where stands the cottage, and here we 

 have allowed ourselves the luxury of a 

 well-kept lawn, and the pure, fresh green 

 of this, contrasting with the turkish-rug 

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