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can grow; I must have at least ten plants of each kind, 

 and of course I expect each one to be healthy and to 

 bear profusely! At the end where the wall is bare, 

 must be the fountain with water flowing into two semi- 

 circular basins, the smaller one about three feet above 

 the other and made shallow by rocks so that the birds 

 may frequent it. This will be a useful as well as beau- 

 tiful feature, for close by will be a bench whose cover 

 will lift, disclosing watering cans and sprayers, shears 

 and various tools, even a basket or two in case of need. 

 In the winter garden would be dwarf evergreens, 

 hemlocks and cedars and spruces, with the ground 

 juniper where the lingering robin may find a refuge. 

 At intervals must rise a Japanese yew, straight and tall 

 like an exclamation point. Bushes with berries must 

 line the paths of this enclosure — buckthorn and bay- 

 berry, high-bush cranberry and the Christmas berry 

 with barberries both native and Japanese. Here also 

 those flowers whose seeds persist during the winter must 

 find a lodgment, for this garden is to be especially fitted 

 up for the birds. Food bells and bird boxes, pieces of 



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