THE LILAC WALK 
Written for the A'merican Gsrden. 
Late, late in May, 
When every lane a blossom shov/s. 
And every brier a budded Rose, 
When Service berries on the hill 
Shake cut a snowy plume. 
When sings the thrush to wake the day. 
To greet the night, the whip-poor-vhll. 
When Poppies redden on the stalk. 
The Lilacs lift above the walk 
Their pyramids of bloom.! 
Late, late in May, 
When lonely northern fields and woods 
And winter-v;asted solitudes 
Are loosened in a blissful heat 
And flooded with perfume. 
The tardy Lilacs, bare and gray. 
The ancient Lilacs, slow and sweet, 
P Burst in a green, delicious m.ist 
^ And lift in m.elting amethyst 
^ Their pyram.ids of bloom ! 
/SW DORA READ GOODADE. 
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The Amcrics^n Garden 
fponthiy Journal of J^ractical gardening. 
Dr. F. M. HEXAMER, Kdilor. 
B. K. BLISS & SONS, Publishers. 
Vol. V. 
NEW- YORK, MAY, 1884. 
Copyright,, 1884, by U. K. Buss A Sons. 
