LITTLE GARDENS 



ground so small. The need is the greater be- 

 cause of their smallness. There is so little natu- 

 ral beauty in the town that we can not afford to 

 neglect the chance to extend it. All the world 

 smiles in the fields, and w^e have only to go to 

 them to share their cheer; but the smile of a 

 flower in the little well among the bricks and tim- 

 ber, that we call a yard, sheds its brightness 

 where it is needed most. 



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