TO 



NELSON WELLINGTON HODGE 



MY FATHER, 



WHO GAVE ME MY FIRST 



ANIMALS AND PETS, MY FIRST GARDEN 



PLOT AND LITTLE FARM, WHO LEFT THE 



BIG OAK UNCUT 



FOR ITS BEAUTY 



AND THE WILD PRAIRIE UNPLOWED 



FOR ITS WILD FLOWERS, WHO SET 



THE ELM TREE BY THE 



PORCH AND THE 



RED MOSS 



ROSE 



IN THE OLD HOME 



GARDEN 



