The Piedmont Section 



A glance at the spot where for years the roses bloomed so 

 blithely reminds one of Father Tabb's lines in his "Child's Verse" : 



"There was laughter 'mid the roses,, 



For it was their natal day 

 And the children in the garden were 

 As light of heart as they. 



"There were sighs amid the roses 

 For the night was coming on 

 And the children — weary now of play — 

 Were ready to be gone. 



"There are tears amid the roses 

 For the children are asleep 

 And the silence in the garden makes 

 The lonely blossoms weep." 



Around the ring of box was a circle of snowball bushes with 

 the box showing between. There were grass walks around the 

 garden and from each side to and around the inner circle. 



Beyond the fig trees was the vegetable garden, In one corner 

 of which was the family burylng-ground. The walk to this passed 

 along the hedge of fig trees. The orchard of apple, pear and 

 peach trees was on the other side of the house. 



This garden made a more lasting Impression upon the writer 

 than did some of the larger and more elaborate ones visited by 

 him. The fact that the trees were laden with ripe fruit may have 

 accounted for this. 



The property remained In the Carrlngton family for about 

 seventy-five years, but has since changed hands several times. 



Robert A. Lancaster, Jr. 



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