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and so on. The secret of it is, the ground was underdrained, 

 enriched by thorough tilth and clover before the trees were put 

 out. In fact, all the ground around friend Terry's home has 

 been worked up to a degree of fertility and evenness of texture 

 that makes all the plants and trees just alike. If the arbor-vi- 

 tse grows of its own accord of the beautiful shape of those 

 about friend Terry's home, I should never think of bringing 

 them into artificial skape with shears and trimmers. 



Having now viewed the front, the reader will please go 

 with me up the gravel walk. We will turn off to the right, 

 near the corner of the inclosure. Right here is the out-build- 

 ing that friend Terry has several times described in our agricul- 

 tural papers. It is such a beautiful, secluded spot, overshad- 

 owed by the evergreens and other trees, that a picture is given 

 in one of our rural papers as a hint to farmers in the way of 

 comfort and convenience to their wives and grown-up daughters, 

 to say nothing of the younger ones. As we step through the 

 evergreens we come into the half -acre of strawberries. (See 

 picture on p. 81.) This picture was taken from a hill, or gen- 

 tle elevation, north of the house. Many of the strawberries 

 were in blossom at the time it was taken. If you put on your 

 specs you can get a glimpse of the blossoms here and there. 



There are fourteen rows of berries, as you will see by the 

 picture. Perhaps an expert could tell the varieties by the fo- 

 liage. Next to the potato-field, on the left, there are three rows 

 of some variety, the name of which I can not now remember ; 

 then come three rows that I am pretty sure, by their looflfcin 

 the picture, are Sterlings. As the Sterling is imperfect, a row 

 of Downings comes next as a fertilizer. Then we have Cum- 

 berland, Gandy, Bubach, Haverland, Jessie, and perhaps some 

 others. The two rows in the foreground, that come right up to 

 the foot of the reader, as it were, are the wonderful Haverlands 

 we have spoken of. They are alternate, so as to have one row 

 of perfect after every two, or, at the furthest, three, rows of 

 imperfect. The straw mulching is plainly visible in the paths ; 



