THE PRACTICAL FLOWER GARDEN 



Through this Connecticut garden many- 

 paths lead, which are often carpeted with 

 sods taken from some lean pasture or meadow, 

 carrying with them small mosses and tiny 

 flowers. Along one path a little orchard has 

 been planted of the wild apple trees found on 

 the farm, set in line with the path. Other 

 paths lead through thickets of dogwood and 

 alders. 



By another path, we come to a comer of 

 the garden given over to lilies, which grow in 

 a bed by themselves, — the Hemerocallis fulva, 

 or old familiar tawny day lily, the lemon day 

 lily, the blackberry lily (all of which are 

 garden escapes) ; then there are also L. Phila- 

 delphicum, or red wood lily, L. superbum, or 

 Turk's cap lily, and the L. Canadense, or wild 

 yellow lily, all of which together make a veri- 

 table garden of lilies. 



Walking through the densest woods by 

 old wood roads and narrow footpaths winding 

 between the trees, and often following a 

 stream, we see the frail Indian pipe that 



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