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entire space at the rear of the house is an “ in- 
tensively farmed” vegetable garden, and I 
should not be surprised to see the similar area 
in front given over to the daintier vegetables 
some of these days, with flowers suitably orna- 
menting their beds. 
Not a tree has been introduced save the wall 
fruits, nor are there any shrubs. In fact 
the limitations of this particular place and of 
this kind of place have been fully recognized 
and made to furnish its keynote. Yet it is 
richer by an inestimable degree in appearance, 
and in fact, than dozens of garden plots its 
size; and the interest and entertainment and 
pleasant delight within its stout walls are more 
than one would ordinarily find on a place con- 
taining acres. 
Flowers border the “long walk” its entire 
length, yellow being the dominant color op- 
posite the house to brighten the shade always 
resting there. Currant and gooseberry bushes 
flourish between this flower border and the 
house, from the bay of the hall back to the 
lattice. On the south side of the lattice, ex- 
posed to the sun, is a grape vine nearest the 
house, but next the wall there is a climbing rose 
which covers the arch and waves greeting to 
the outer world where it peers above. A 
