Old Time Gardens 
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and who will know that it was this same undefinable 
quality that made a branch of Strawberry bush, or a 
handful of its stemless blooms, a gift significant of 
interest and intimacy ; we would not willingly give 
Hawthorn Arch at Holly House, Peace Dale, Rhode Island. 
Home of Rowland G. Hazard, Esq. 
Calycanthus blossoms to a child we did not like, or 
to a stranger. 
A rare perfume floats from the modest yellow 
Flowering Currant. I do not see this sweet and 
sightly shrub in many modern gardens, and it is 
our loss. The crowding bees are goodly and cheer- 
ful, and the flowers are pleasant, but the perfume is 
of the sort you can truly say you love it ; its aroma 
is like some of the liqueurs of the old monks. 
