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a residence street in almost any town seeking something 

 in the gardens to admire, how often must he decide that 

 this and that plant was used for its striking incongrui- 

 ties, rather than for its special appropriateness. It 

 seems to the present scribe that propriety is the one 

 thing to be chiefly studied by that large and needy class 

 of Americans who have houses of their own with small 

 grounds attached. 5 



