OUT-OF-TOWN PLACES 



along the lines of such highway? I am not 

 aware that experiment has as yet determined 

 anything on this score ; and whatever such de- 

 termination might be, it is certain that abund- 

 ant sources of fertilization might be secured 

 at every country station, sufficient amply to 

 equip an investing garden. Upon the oldest 

 roads very much could be done still in way of 

 this charming investiture, and in way of the 

 adjoining bowling-green, under encourage- 

 ment of the town, or of neighboring property- 

 holders; and upon all new lines of railway, 

 wherever new stations are established, every- 

 thing could be done. To make a township at- 

 tractive, the approach to it must be attractive. 

 Will not our Western burghers who are inter- 

 ested in the growth of townships make a note 

 of this fact, and do somewhat for the benefit 

 of the coming generation as well as for their 

 own advantage, by so ordering the establish- 

 ment of railway stations as to determine and 

 insure the attractive features I have named ? 



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While upon this subject of railway gardens 

 and culture, I have a word to say to all who 



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