III. 



MY GARDEN ITS LOCATION. 



IF I could search the country over, I could> 

 perhaps, find few gardens with a finer prospect. 

 It is in the centre of the Switzerland of Amer- 

 ica the Highlands of the Hudson ; and it 

 slopes nearly to the rocky precipitous bluf 

 overhanging the west shore of the river. Chi 

 every side there is varied and striking scenery, 

 a happy combination of civilization and the 

 wilderness. Immediately along the river bank 

 are fine cultivated places, the rural homes of 

 people who are surrounded by so much beauty 

 that they may be tempted never to say, with 

 very good grace, " Nunc dimittas" etc. A 

 mile to the northward is that perfection of mill- 



