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all or GrandmotLer'a flft-wers, and made tke garden a pict- 

 ureeque spot in June. Dainty wallflowers clung to tlie 

 stone wall ttat marked tke east side, wkile stately koUy- 

 nocKS and smiling sunflo-wers vied ■witli eack otlier in 

 trying to peep akove tke top. Clumps of Juneberry, 



spice Dusk, Japanese dogwood, 

 and otker varieties of skrubs 

 attractive to k i r d s 

 grew about tke old 

 ■well, beside tke ar- 

 bor, ana formed tke 

 kedgerow back of 

 tke garden. In tke 

 spring tkey karbored 

 tke -wkite-crowned, 

 wkite-tkroated, and 

 fox sparro'ws, — aris- 

 tocrats of tke spar- 

 row tribe; tke lively 

 carol of tke early song sparrow- 

 blended deligktfuUy Avitk tke 

 ■wmte-tkroat s clear, s^weet, 

 ■wkistle and many a duet did tkey sing togetker before 

 tke la^er departed for tke Nortk. A. simple patk fringed 

 witk dainty columbine and larkspur guided one to tke 

 cool moss arbor, wkere it -was pleasant to sit on sunny 

 days and watck tke bluebirds teacking tkeir speckle- 

 breasted young to batke in tke bird-pool nearby, or see 

 tke golden oriole feeding lucious ckerries to kis mate in 

 tke pensile nest m tke apple tree. 



Ihc low weatker-beaten cofiage itself, witk its 



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