146 An Old-fashioned Garden 



birds, orioles, thrushes, wrens, vireos, robins, 

 etc., abound and make our old hospital joyous 

 with their sweet songs." 



During the summer of 1892 I was twice 

 in the hospital grounds, with which I was 

 very familiar during my uncle's — Dr. Con- 

 rad's — lifetime, and I heard only English 

 sparrows, although I saw two or three native 

 birds. It was a sad change. Think of 

 being able to speak of your garden as " full 

 of birds," — as "joyous with their sweet 

 songs." This, not long ago, could truthfully 

 be done. Will it ever be possible to do so 

 again ? 



