THE WILD GARDEN 



After the flowers have seeded themselves, 

 in the autumn, the knolls are closely cut, to 

 bring out their contours and give emphasis 

 to the flowery meadows below them, which 

 latter are mown by hand with scythe or 

 sickle only when the earliest signs of coming 

 spring appear, raked with heavy wooden 

 rakes and the dead material removed, when, 

 almost immediately, the floral procession that 

 lasts until late autumn begins to appear. 



On other uprises of land above the meadows, 

 wild apple trees are made to contribute great 

 effect. Some twisted and stunted specimens, 

 which in their struggle for life seldom blos- 

 som or bear fruit, have been cut away at the 

 top until they remind us of some curious and 

 ancient Japanese trees. 



The ordinary wild apple trees, often covered 

 thickly with red and yellow fruit which hangs 

 upon the branches until winter, give charm- 

 ing detail. They overhang pathways, and are 

 more beautiful than anything that could be 

 planted in their places. These apples, too, 



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