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But, the ]-eader will s;i}', wlieiv is the lily-pond^ You 

 ha\-e told us about your hnvn with its stream aud old mill- 

 poud, but where are your lilies I Well, I ausAver, do not be 

 in a hurry. I assure you if I had not selected and arrauii;ed 

 my lawn and water properties as I did, the lilies I might 

 have set out would have been of much less account than 

 they are. liemember the lilies on my f(jrmer place. In 



BORDER OF THE FOUNTAIN, UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK. —LOTUSES AND WATER-LILIES. 



truth, A\'ithout some of the tdiaracteristics of ju}" present 

 lawn the proper setting for the clustering water-lil)- gems 

 •would have lieen aT;)sent. And think what a setting they 

 had uo-w — great poplars, drooj^iug Avilhnvs, alders, A\'aving 

 grasses, purple irises, 2)urple marsh-mallows growing on pnim- 

 outories of a brimming river backed by a sloping bank i>f 

 rich greensward. lu the coves, chiefly, of my stream and 

 pond wei'e set my lily-jewels. The bottom of the Avater 



