THE GARDEN AND ITS ACCESSORIES 



ways. What a wealth of beauty there is 

 to some of the old New England farm 

 walls that stand forth, a striking proof of 

 the earnest toil of the old settlers who 

 collected them from fields so as to facilitate 

 the cultivation of their crops ! In these 

 rough-laid walls there is an individual 

 charm about each stone, a charm that is 

 not apparent to the average person who is 

 interested, if interested at all, only in the 

 general appearance of such a structure. 

 So it is with many of the beautiful things 

 around us ; we fail to appreciate them until 

 by careful study their hidden beauties are 

 revealed, and then whenever we chance 

 upon them we feel we have met a friend. 

 Many people have this friendly apprecia- 

 tion for trees, and they are to be envied, 

 for those who know Nature's children get 

 much more happiness out of life than those 

 who fail to appreciate the value of such 

 friendships. 



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