CHILDHOOD 9 



old-fashioned flower and vegetable garden of some 

 five acres. This is surrounded by a high picket 

 fence hidden in a profuse lilac growth. Every- 

 thing grew there — asparagus, rhubarb, horse- 

 radish, the old-fashioned herbs, and an abundant 

 supply of vegetables. The roses, the lilies-of-the- 

 valley, the violets, the lilacs, the peonies, and the 

 stately lines of box which mark the pathways, 

 seemed to me, as I looked upon them recently, 

 the same that I saw, when I walked in the garden 

 with my grandfather. 



At " Buccleuch," protection has always been 

 given to the birds; they were subjects of special 

 care to my grandfather, who allowed no one to 

 disturb them. The wood-thrush and robin built 

 their nests in the honeysuckle over the windows. 

 The catbirds and squirrels were equally tame in 

 the garden and woods, and the place fairly thronged 

 with the smaller song-birds. Equal protection was 

 afforded them during the lifetime of my uncle 

 Charles S. Scott ; and my cousin Anthony Dey, 

 the present owner, shows a like solicitude. 



Grandmother Cornell's house on Brooklyn 

 Heights was an old-fashioned three-story brick 

 structure with a high peaked roof. It occupied 

 the entire twenty-five feet of a city lot, and the 

 adjoining lot, until recently, was a part of 

 the place. The entrance was on the side of 

 the house in those days, and in the yard was 



