Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-04-27

half- tone illustrations from pboto
siap"s are used by certain large firm.
''"Ne speciality of Landscape
gardening. ''i''
III Niahhing ornamental effects. q
rough map of your grounds, such as
a'''ost anyone can sketch out. will ia
iouho OF much service, and careful
Icnhsuitatlnn and comparison Of author-
| ltles is sure to add to the final achieve
| neht But truce to indoor horticnI-
ture. The first stage of the octuaI
work is n bond-tire whose pungen, b,ne
breath minsles with the haze of m
April morning. and whose delicntc rod
ilamcs are fed with leaves and wood
stalks and the n2meiess debris Of win
ter. While Darby tends the bonfire
Joan, in apron ana sunbonnet. is at
work cleaning the dooryar1 with a
steel rake and twig broom. Often
Joan Supcrintcnds the kitchen garden.
sometimes she is an expert in grating
and !aycring. ana invariably she has
ciumps of percnnialS and n border of
gay annualS which claim her personal
care. The Dahlia tubers must be
covered with 4 shovelful of earth and
left to chit before planting. the
pcttcd hydrangea or oleander brought
Up from the cellar and the gladiolus
bulbs and balSam seeds taken down
from the closet shelf.
Then there are innumerablc volun-
teers to be transplanted-ma marigolds,
cocl<scombs, sweet alyssum. and the
rest--all of which Darby would treat
as weeds if he were not kept under
y
pleases me to see this spring idyl and
| say TO myself. who can estimate the
humanizing influence of the fower-bed
in Joan's hard life Of facts? she and
her sisters never suspect its impor
tauce: their sense of beauty is only de
veloped in spots, and, perhaps they
like trees well trimmed up border
their walks with White-wash"d stones
and prefer 4 double pctunia 10 a
gorgeous roadside asclepias: hut they
have Il sense of beauty. and an incrad-
icable desire for the non -utilitaran
you shall find proof in any New Eng
land dooryard.
one Of the prctticSt farmhouse gar
dens know belongs to an old woman
of severely practical training, who de-
nounces all wild flowers rs weeds,
ana commits daily atrocities in the
matter Of patchwork quilts ana rag
rugs. No cottage is too poor, unbeau-
tiful or remote. to boast its azure lark
spurs or hardy pinks; and have seen
n slab shanty"-one of those wilder
ness cabins to which Golfers and
woodchoppers sometimes bring their
families for the Summer-scrccned
4 fr.f a
by Il noon glory of popples Nay. long
after the bees and squirrels have taken
possession of a house and robins anu
phebcs are building behind the shut
ters. YOU may read in the garden falut
records of it's former inhabitants.
Daffodils prick up through the turf,
myrtle throws its glossy veil over
cold bank. ana advancing brambieS
must dispute the ground with n buEch
of gold -coored lilies or a thichet OF
damask roses. These roses you may
be sure bloomed long ago for 2 bride.
and the myrtle was associated loF
some one with 4 dear dead face. Per
haps n few rusty round-tops mark the
once tiourishing box walks, ana o!d
gnarly lilacs press curiously against
the window panes.
Even an abandoned farm IL adorable IT,
Man. and much more mn dhlud1n'6 donf
var, W,r" there ever such Japan ounces
ana WrigtlaS as thoS" ihat HpuriSh IN lis
narlecfpd cncloSurp@ They seem not 80
much to stand as "a be rcSaliY seated
nrur the en-, raid Sw1rd. with ihcir robc@
Of dawn and sunset hill"winE ap"u, tutni. ,-l'I..
The wistcril is rarer in amy but CITY d"nr
wards but occasionally you una on" q
huge and trce-likc growth, clmDliiE p@l-
hans TO the top of great ahpie uV''
and tn, rec icaping to the ro"t ana I'm
lowering the whole side of the house III
fnru-likr foliage. a grand slGht ~ ~ I
with its showers of amethyst CLUSTERS. ,
E,yary- one whose childhood was passed
+, he country remembers the old garden.
with an occasional hOmpStCk pahS, al'
some little characteristic fcaturr-thc tcl-
race or lilv-bed or birdhouSe. Win 4 h"p-
,,reatncd polc--is inrffaCcabiy stamped ON
IN, heart | can shut my eyes ana S.c 4
certain broad slope, with rows OF c''etS
ot the foot bush-lcans at thc TOP Illl
thinss-big. sunny Squash blossoms. ";lH ~"
butterfly peas and wine red hre!S- Ill
c,uiitInxcr. ana self saiished CappdEvs
thai one instinctively kicked, WIN linp
n Il Through the midst OF thiS liara,i9''
ran n hard-tr0dden rath. win lTlS. 3 PIT, ri.
ha1n, and tiger-lilcs dottlnS the siu'S a@'us @
growing and multiplying ~ t%ntti % ~, ~, y
nnw. r. me vaSe-Shar"d SWtct btltt' ~ ~,
,ha bol1vhocks Of which we made, cor
with gorgeous pctticoatS; EtEohI ti.iS ~, ~
" nIirsefy. where budding anu srta s.arti
ucmf ON. and still farther a pear otchl5"'
in which every tree WAS an i "ii i,,,i,i,
the I;uffum Anlou ruSI -cthun t' c,nh j
,ian IL \ source of health, pcfhaiS
gnitr gaiu s,1rclv of pure happiness; i
hrinrs us as rear Eden as we can m"i,r
- ,r9t m this late day, and IL Is AZ s"tt
To E,t a. ,n1rv as a bunch Of grand
n ~, avender-Country Gentleman.