THE WILD GARDEN 



and the contour of the ground until we reach 

 its very edge. Here we find a water-garden 

 dug from the bog, with winding, irregular 

 banks upon which grow wild roses, tall lilies, 

 alder, azaleas, the sweet pepper, and in the 

 wet, low edges flags and grasses, and all the 

 water-loving plants, while pink, white and 

 yellow pond-lilies float upon the surface of 

 the water. On one side, this pond is bordered 

 by a great woodland which in the spring is 

 pink with wild azalea; across the pond, one 

 looks into a little glade of singular charm and 

 seclusion, framed in by high ledge upon ledge, 

 where great cedars grow naturally, and where, 

 in the foreground, the dominant feature is an 

 ancient swamp ash of wonderful symmetry 

 and size. 



From this little glade we come to a green 

 meadow which has been reclaimed from a 

 thicket and bog, through which, along a 

 plantation of hornbeam, a slender stream 

 flows until it loses itself in the bog which 

 feeds the water-garden. • 



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