hedge are gay with wall-flowers, polyanthus, for- 

 get-me-nots, primroses, and anemones of many 

 colors, white, blue, violet, purple, pink, scarlet, 

 and lake red ; while in all parts of the garden there 

 are tulips and large pansies in flower of the rich- 

 est hues and combinations. The cherry blossom 

 has been glorious, especially two very large trees, 

 so densely clothed in purest white that they 

 looked as if they were covered with a thick mantle 

 of snow. The first pears have shed their petals. 

 They were the most forward in bud among the 

 fruit-trees, and my gardener, remarking upon it, 

 said : " That's the worst of pears ; a few fine days 

 tempt them beyond all bounds." This seems 

 somewhat like a vegetable illustration of my 

 proposition that temptation is made to be fallen 

 into. 



The apples are of course beautiful and this is a 

 fat year of blossoms following upon a lean one. 

 Many trees are in full bloom and there are others 

 to come. 



All the foliage trees and shrubs are clothed in 

 tender verdure and only the ash, walnut, and the 

 cautious mulberry lag behind. The last of these 



