Two] SELECTING A HOME 
brush to be cut from the untrimmed trees, and you 
must learn your first lesson in country economy — 
that is, to save the wood and use the ashes. You 
will perhaps retain a residence in the city while 
you are having the more important changes worked 
out and your first garden is planted. But as soon 
as there is safe water and good shelter, I recom- 
mend you to move onto your new place, and begin 
to grow to it, or make it grow to you. Do not get 
in a hurry at any point, but study every feature of 
the property, and move with deliberation. 
I have laid out and planted several places for 
myself, and for others, and I always do it first on 
paper. We can do it over and over again in that 
way, until we get the proper relations of things. Al- 
most surely you will find that there are some things 
about any old place that are valuable to retain — a 
few choice trees can certainly be made companion- 
able. The house, in some cases, will be a real ac- 
quisition — quaint, human, homeful. In the gar- 
den you will find some old plum trees, and in the 
corner, mixed with weeds, you will find sage and 
wormwood. Currant bushes and possibly berries 
are half covered with grass, but can be transplanted 
into a cleaner garden. The charm of it is that you 
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