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"Where roses blossomed, branches now o'erspread ; 

 The niournful ruins bid the spirit weep, 

 The broken fragments stay the passing tread." 



On the left is where a soldier in the French and Indian wars set- 

 tled, Chapel, for whom the street was named. He died in 1820, at the 

 age of one hundred and three years, the oldest person who has died in 

 Gardner. 



The swamp across the railroad entices ns with its promises of hid- 

 den treasures, for here from the sphagnum moss in the water, among 



'Where Roses Blossomed." 



the white blossoms of the cranberry ( [ ^acciniinii ))iacrocarpon ) , spring 

 one of the prettiest of the orchis family, the pink flower of the beauti- 

 ful \)&2lxA { Pogonia ophioglossiodcs^j . And its beautiful sister, the In- 

 dian pink ( Calopogon pidcheUiis ) is near, its rich purple blossoms con- 

 trasting strangely delicate beside the cat-tails. Careless of ever}-thing, 

 save the delight of communing with Nature in her home, we wade far 

 out into the treacherous waters to find the wild calla ( Calla paliistris ) 

 hiding its pure white petals in the very heart of the swamp, reserving 

 its beauties for those who love it and seek it in its retreat. In early 

 spring the flower masses of white almost cover the waters — a beautiful 

 picture. 



