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desire a hedge. A good time will come when board fences will 

 be unknown. The cottager will tire of privet, because it is open 

 at the base and costs too much to trim, lets the dogs into his 

 flower beds. He will have barberry around his front yard because 

 it is practically "pig tight, bull strong, and horse high," or at least 

 horse broad. He will love it for its autumn colours and its red 

 berries that last all winter. And he will never have to trim it. 



Will American cottage gardens be less beautiful than the 

 English? Not after a century or two, and that is a short time in 

 the history of humanity. A good time is coming when the cottages 

 will all be built of fire-proof material in an American style. They 

 will be surrounded by neat and beautiful gardens. No two will 

 be alike. One will be glorious when the dog wood blooms, another 

 when the Virginia creeper colours; this will be fragrant with 

 honey-suckle and trumpet creeper, that will be gay with bedding 

 plants; some will have shrubbery borders, some will have old- 

 fashioned flowers. All the homes will be healthful and happy. 

 They will be as neat and attractive as the English, but they will 

 be different. They will be American. And then our country 

 will have found herself. 



