As one looks on the lilac, like 

 the rose a wanderer from the 

 L Orient, he wonders why this 

 favourite of old gardens ever lost its 

 popularity. Who can picture a gar- 

 den with bordered walks and sundial, 

 pleached alley and fountain, which 

 did not have either rows or clumps 

 of this darling of the spring ? 



In its branches, protected by the 

 close-set leaves, the robin builds her 

 nest. The catbird, choicest singer of 

 the home choir, pipes his melody 

 from its swaying twigs, and the 

 song-sparrow will desert her favour- 

 ite lowly nesting site to weave her 

 grass-lined cup amid its blue-green 

 foliage. 



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