THE PRACTICAL FLOWER GARDEN 



are of value as food for the wild inhabitants 

 of the garden. On a winter's day, the par- 

 tridge comes for the apple seeds, and when 

 startled into flight, makes a dash of gray into 

 the shelter of the woods. 



The wild garden is also a home for the 

 birds; the red-winged blackbird makes his 

 nest among the bulrushes and cat-tails; the 

 chewink is busy in the leaves under the 

 shrubs; the thrush finds here his favorite 

 haunts, and also the yellow hammer, the 

 bluejay, and all the birds of wood and 

 thicket. 



After the leaves have fallen in autumn, the 

 nests which have been skilfully hidden 

 among the verdure are then seen for the first 

 time, and we become aware how very many 

 of the shy and elusive birds have made this 

 garden their home. 



Passing along the wide pathway, through 

 the meadow of flowers and through a thicket 

 of willows, we come to the "shadow pond," 

 quite concealed from view by the shrubbery 



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