-$4 MY GARDEN ACCOUNTED FOR. 



cherry-trees, a straggling row of common cur- 

 rants, and five hills of rhubarb. This was my 

 starting point. 



That spring I obtained from my late and truly 

 lamented friend, Lindley M. Ferris, Esq., ten 

 dwarf pear-trees, and noble fellows they are 

 proving. From one, last summer, I picked 

 seventy splendid Bartletts. 



Then on a bright day, when a steady south 

 breeze was blowing up the river and there was 

 a strong flood-tide, I hired a boat and raised die 

 lid of a large trunk that I was taking home (the 

 old place is home still), and sailed up the Hudson 

 in gallant style, with a craft rigged as one surely 

 never was before. 



I soon reached my father's place on Newburgh 

 bay, and there made such a raid as only an old 

 cavalryman can understand. Having loaded ray 

 boat with rich and varied spoils of flowers and 

 fruits, I returned, and the results of that expe- 



