The Rescue of an Old Place 



The things fancy takes them, and there is a wild ar- 

 t fa gunk*. ra 7 f Larkspurs and Coreopsis and 

 Sweet Williams all summer. In the 

 spring the variegated Thyme comes up 

 promptly, followed closely by English 

 Daisies and Moss Pinks, and Pansies and 

 Violets, white, blue and yellow. The 

 Giant Solomon's Seal rings its green bells 

 over the heads of the tiny Bellwort ; and 

 all summer the Lilies and Peonies and 

 Spiderworts fight for possession of the 

 ground, while the perennial Peas, and 

 Calendulas and Marigolds linger there till 

 the last frost-horn blows. 



The collection is not very choice, and, 

 beyond a periodical struggle with the 

 weeds, which try to grow as rampantly as 

 the flowers, it gets not very much atten- 

 tion ; but it makes a fine show from the 

 street, and from the veranda which looks 

 down upon it. Any minute effects would 

 be wasted here, and we do not extend its 

 area, which we might readily do, because 

 it already requires more attention than we 

 are willing to spare from the shrubs and 

 trees that we are hurrying along upon the 

 lawn, and which, consequently, take all 

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