OUR MOUNTAIN GARDEN 



with all its features; and its trees and 

 boulders, humps and hollows, and general 

 topography were " photographically lined on 

 the tablet of his mind." During the winter 

 he would plan his improvements, and the 

 following spring he was ready to put them 

 into execution. First he would clear the 

 section of rubbish, ragged growths, inferior 

 trees, dead branches, and other unsightly 

 objects. Then he would stake out the path 

 or avenue to be constructed, and, beginning 

 at one end, he and his young assistant 

 would work at it quietly, day by day, and 

 as the work progressed the embellishment 

 of the adjacent land naturally suggested 

 itself. 



When all was completed to his satisfac- 

 tion he would call me, and, indicating with 

 an expressive sweep of the arm some shady 

 nook or sunny clearing, would remark, 

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