The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-24

etc.-but 1 will try to help you. Let
me see,' she continued. Il think the
best way would be for me to try to
recall my childhood, when 1 played
in my own grandmother's garden, and
learned from her to know flowers and
love them. The memory brings back
to me long brick walk, bordered with
boxes, leading straight from a many
Widowed, many columned white colo
NAL house, set somewhere back from
the village street, to what we called
the front gate. The broad space in
front of the house, consisting of about
half an acre of land, we called the
front yard Part of this was a lawn
with stately elms growing near the
house. The garden was further on, and
concealed by the fence-which, how
ever, did not hide it's beauties from the
passersby, for in those days people
were quite willing that the former
should enjoy the sight and fragrance
of their well kept flower beds. On
either side of the box-bordered walk
was a bed about three feet wide, filled
with perennials, and l can remember
now the pleasure attending the process
sion of flowers, and the excitement we
used to feel as each favorite made its
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crimson peonies, sweet william, ragged
robins, double buttercups, china and
Glove pinks, foxgloves, London pride,
mourning bride, and, most beautiful of
ALL the lilies; first, the clumps of gold
en- yellow, then the pure white (what
we call now the Easter lily), and then
the gorgeous tigers, the Japanese va
rieties being then practically unknown.
At the gate the path branched off at
right angles, still followed on either
side by its box-edged borders. Here
grew the roses. The yellow rose of
early spring the moss rose, the hun
dred-leaved rose, the blush rose, the
sweet briar and dwarf rose, which
l used for my dolls house How well
remember the oldfashioned names!
Besides these there would be the tea
rose and monthly roses. On the other
side, next to the fence, where the early
bulbs-crocuses first, then blue bottles,
daffodils and hyacinths, and finally
tulips, to be succeeded by the ANIMALS
peoples, larkspur. asters. bachelors
buttons, coreopsis, candytuft, migno
nette, heliotrope, verbenas and the ge
raniums of that day-fish, 'beefsteak,'
strawberry and horseshoe At the
end of each path was an arbor, around
which grew all the old. well known
shrubs, snowballs. syringas. sweet
scented Towering peach and almond,
Paris japonica, fringe smoke and
others. Ribbon grass, old man and old
woman. sage. thyme. and other sweet
herbs, and the homely little plant of
hen and chickens. all were to be found
in these delightful corners. The arbors
themselves were beautiful to behold.
covered with coral and sweet-scented
honeysuckle, clematis and the dear old
fashioned climbing roses. the deep red
Prairie Queen and the beautiful Balti-
more Belle, with its creamy clusters
Of exquisite buds and blossoms, while
in a bed around the arbors grew the
stately hollyhocks and gay sunnowers.
There were doubtless many more old
friends In that old-time garden whose
names / have overlooked, hut think
/ have given you a list long enough
at all events 20 make a start with.
No. do not thank me; the pleasure II
mine In recalling the delight / used
70 take In that dear old garden IN the
good old summer time Of my child
hood"