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Old Time Gardens 
have ample grounds enclose at least a portion for 
the sight of friends only. 
In the heart of Worcester there is a fine old man- 
sion with ample lawns, great trees, and flowering 
shrubs that all may see over the garden fence as 
they pass by. Flowers bloom lavishly at one side of 
the house; and the thoughtless stroller never knows 
that behind the house, stretching down between the 
rear gardens and walls of neighboring homes, is a 
long enclosure of loveliness — sequestered, quiet, 
full of refreshment to the spirits. We think of the 
“ Old Garden ” of Margaret Deland : — 
“ The Garden glows 
And ’gainst its walls the city’s heart still beats. 
And out from it each summer wind that blows 
Carries some sweetness to the tired streets ! ” 
There is a shaded walk in this garden which is a 
thing of solace and content to all who tread its 
pathway ; a bit is shown opposite this page, over- 
hung with shrubs of Lilac, Syringa, Strawberry Bush, 
Flowering Currant, all the old treelike things, so 
fair-flowered and sweet-scented in spring, so heavy- 
leaved and cool-shadowing in midsummer: what 
pleasure would there be in this shaded walk if this 
garden were separated from the street only by stone 
curbing or a low rail ? And there is an oid sun-dial 
too in this enclosed garden ! I fear the street imps 
of a crowded city would quickly destroy the old 
monitor were it in an open garden ; and they would 
make sad havoc, too, of the Roses and Larkspurs 
(page 65) so tenderly reared by the two sisters who 
