THE GLEN'S HETEEAT. 
Far clown tlic glen, wFo.ro tlie shadow reigns 
And lonely springs in secret weep, 
Where roimd the streamlet’s rillet-voins 
The goldeii mosses creep, 
Where, 'inong the lichened stones asleep. 
The lingering waters love to stray — 
There gladness waits, in ferny deep. 
To woo ns down from day. 
growing things. 
Far down the glen ’mong gi 
Where ne’er a snnheam hrcalcs the spell, 
■micrc Nainre’s fondest whispei-iugs 
The listless ear compel, 
of thought, with welcome swell. 
The springs 
Will roimd. the heart their raptiu-o spray. 
And faith’s resistless transports dwell 
' Where dwelt the douhts of day. 
Ah, yonder, ^yhile ihe dew-drop clings 
Forever to the lichen’s hreast, 
( While every hreeze fresh odor brings. 
And all things spealc of rest, 
I While dreams relieve the mind opprest 
And chase the care-clouds all away— 
Ah, there, if aught on earth ho Vilest. 
’Tis surely blest to stay. — Good Wor 
The American Garden 
Monthly 3'oumal of Jaractical (gardening. 
iXAMER, licliio,.. ^ ° 
Dr. F. M. IIEXAMER 
Vol. V. 
VACATION AT HOME. 
“ mei’O shall wo spend our sninnier vaca¬ 
tion ?” has heon a question occupying tliou- 
sands ot city and country residents during 
the past month. An occasional cltango of 
scenes, surround-_ 
ings, and occupation 
is beneficial, if not 
absolutely neces¬ 
sary, to every one. 
The constant run¬ 
ning in the same 
grooves dtills and 
sours our minds, as 
much so as a pot- 
plaht, growing in 
the same soil wilh- 
out change, becomes 
debilitated and 
sickly. 
The sea-shore, the 
mountain regions, 
watering-places, for¬ 
eign lands, and an 
endless variety of 
other pleasure re¬ 
sorts, offer an un¬ 
limited amount of 
attractions to those 
possessing sufficient 
means for their en¬ 
joyment. But what 
shall those do whose 
eireumstanees com¬ 
pel them to stay at 
home; shall they 
give way to despair 
and complaints 
about the hardship 
of their lot ? By no 
means. The degree 
of enjoyment and 
pleasure life offers 
us is fortunately not 
proportionate to the 
size of our bank ac¬ 
count, but depends 
mainly upon our¬ 
selves. “ The world 
is as we make it.” 
Pew, compara¬ 
tively, are aware of 
the capabilities and 
facilities for enjoy¬ 
ment at home and 
in one’s own neigh¬ 
borhood. In most large cities theie 
valuable collections of objects of art, science, 
industry, etc., of interest to every intelligent 
person; yet many city residents are en ue y 
ignorant of their existence, and are on y 
made aware of it when visiting friends maKO 
inquiry about them. Then only, in oi ° 
entertain their guests, they discover e v 
resources for enjoyment at home. 
No one is so fettered by circumstances that 
he cannot, during a part of the yeai ’ 
devote a whole or half a day oa® ^ 
wholesome, inexpensive recreation. 
NEW-YORK, AUGUST, 1884. 
to tlie libraries, the museums, the art gal¬ 
leries, the parks, sliort trips to the country, 
are within the roach of all, and can bo made 
as productive of enjoyment as an extended 
journey, provided one’s heart is in it. 
B. K. BLISS & SON.S, Publishers. 
A visit 
But those who start out for a day’s excur¬ 
sion, and are all the time lamenting that 
they must return to the city at night, and 
that the hours are not weeks, and that they 
do not have money ehough to go to Europe, 
might as well stay at homo. They belong to 
that unfortunate class of people-who never 
enjoy what they have, and live only in the 
expectancy of the unattainable ; they would 
not be happier if they had millions, for hap¬ 
piness is not in their hearts. The sun shines 
as bright, and warms the earth for rich as well 
as poor; seasons come and go; treesgi’ow,' 
Copyright, 1884, by B. K. Bliss & Sons. 
and offer shade and rest under their graceful 
foliage; flowers expand and spread them 
fragi'anec; birds sing their sweetest tunes; 
and nature’s beauty is spread out every¬ 
where for king and beggar alike. 
Not less are va¬ 
cations needed by 
farmers and others 
who live in the coun¬ 
try summer and win¬ 
ter. However beau¬ 
tiful the land.seape, 
and salubrious the 
location may be, a 
change and new im¬ 
pressions are as nec¬ 
essary to the coim- 
try re.sident as to 
the city dweller. 
Those living within 
easy reach of a large 
city will find an 
occasional day’s 
tdsit to it — for the 
sole purpose of rec¬ 
reation — a most 
delightful diversion, 
but the vacation 
must be complete, 
and not partly de¬ 
voted to business. 
Then, how few 
pei'sons living in the 
country are familiar 
with all but their 
immediate neigh- 
borhood. An hour’s 
walk or drive away 
from the ordinary 
roads of travel 
would frequently 
bring them to un¬ 
dreamed-of beauti¬ 
ful scenery and 
charming sm’prises, 
and the thus discov¬ 
ered landscape, the 
shady grove with its 
grand old trees, the 
lovely lake, or 
mossy glen may all 
bo enjoyed as much 
as if they were a 
hundred miles 
away. The home 
garden itself may 
no small amount of 
made 
ftmiish 
recreation, by carrying out long-deferred 
plans and improvements, tidying up every¬ 
thing, having a kind of outdoor house- 
cleaning, and in many ways different from 
the every-day routine work. 
No two persons would probably agree en¬ 
tirely upon the same mode of taking a vaca¬ 
tion ; what would afford delightful recreation 
to one might prove tedious to another; every 
one must take it, as far as feasible, according 
to his individual inclinations; but in what¬ 
ever way you take it, do take a vacation. 
