SOME GREEN THINGS OF THE EARTH 



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scent of flowers from the garden below rises 

 to perfume the air, and only the myriad 

 insect voices of the night break the solemn 

 stillness. 



For years to come, however, there will be 

 work without end to be done on the cedar 

 walk: [the grass must be kfept free from 

 weeds, if a tree dies it must be replaced, and 

 there will always be space for more daffodils 

 and hardy plants. The cedar walk is also an 

 exquisite spot on a winter's day, when the 

 color of the trees against the sky and the snow 

 is more intense than at any other time, and 

 the quiet and shelter afforded by their pro- 

 tecting walls of green make of this long walk 

 a grateful refuge. 



The sod nursery is a necessary requisite on 

 a country place of any size. Sodding of large 

 areas is to be avoided, because of the expense 

 in buying the sod and laying it, and also 

 because the turf is seldom so satisfactory on 

 a large surface, when sodded, as if grown from 

 seed. Yet the need of sod is a matter of fre- 



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