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ments, and its baldness of all sorts, is a promi- 

 nent feature in many of our suburban land- 

 scapes. It cannot be ignored, and the study 

 must be to harmonize its sweep of level line, 

 its barren slopes, its ugly scars, its deep 

 cuttings, with the order and grace of our fields 

 and homes. Rains and weather-stains and 

 wild growths are doing somewhat to mend the 

 harshness; but a little artistic handling of its 

 screening foliage, and adroit seizure of the 

 opportunities furnished for special culture, will 

 quicken the work. And it is to this end that I 

 have thrown out these hints upon so novel a 

 subject as that of railway gardening. 



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