The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-28
AN ORIGINAL POEM.
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AN VHIOhN All AO&
 De Vengos.
 r,, srch q commotion under the ground when March called. ho. uiere; lsS. J s,,<h anreadinR of rootlets far and wioe' Such whisparing tS s and sndTodrop IEo; asked. ~ATs ~r,s y1u sine reoqg to Start, you know. aAImest my dear" the Seilla replied; .Til follow as soon as you go
 ~ffai Hal Haf' a chorus came
 of laughter, soft and low,
 9f miifions of flowers under the ground, yes millions. beginning to grow; .I.ii promise my Blossoms" the Crocus .xvhen s1'q. T hear the blue-birds sing" Ana straight thereafter Narcissus cried. .aNv sliver and gold I'll bring
 -And ere they are dulied." another ..rhe Hyaeinth HGDSYih hils shall ring" The Violet only murmured I'm here And sweet grew the air of spring. Oh, the pretty. brave things. through
 the coldest days,
 1mprisoned in walls of brown,
 Never lost heart though the blast
 shrieked loud.
 And the sleet and the nan can'e aoWn; ess.a, or fashioned her beautiful crown. And now they are here to brighten the still shadowed by winters frown; well may they cheerily laugh Ha. Hal In d chorus soft and low,
 Millions of flowers hid under the Yes, millions beginning to grow.
 Oga Gardens of TusIxegee.
 A walk through the streets of Old Tuskegee on q fine spring day IS an other community with which am ac- cuainted have the old style of dwell fnes, with their long avenues and ex- tensive grounds, been preserved so nearly as they were In ante-beilum times. It seems almost a pity. that such a genuine fragment of the Old South couldn't be put under a class and kept in a museum for the instruc- tion and delectation nf future ages.
 The main street, after leaving the business part of the town, runs along on both sides with stately old colon adsd mansions set far back from the street and surrounded by large gar dens just enough overgrown and run wild to be picturesque. The native plants of which many interesting Kinds abound around Tuskegee, have invaded these precincts, and. mingling with the cultivated ones. which, in turn. have run half wild themselves. produce the most charming effects.
 particularly delightful specimen of this blending of nature and art. Is to be seen in the old Le Grand place. only a block or two from the public square. It had been deserted for some time before my visit to the village. and was as wild and mysterious in It's overgrown depths of shade as some en- chanted fairy grove. The quaint old house, built somewhat in the Spanish style around a borrow square. and all porches and open corridors, sits back in a wilderness of shrubbery so thick As to be almost iTnpenetrable, except where broad walk leads from the street up to the front door, between two solid walls of green higher than your head. The yaupon, that most beautiful of American evergreen shrubs. has busted nearly all foreign intruders. and in winter, when every twtg is aglow with the red fire of its crimson berries, the scene must indeed be one of entertainment.
 Overlapping this jungle of shrubs and garden flowers run wild. are tall oaks and cedars matted together by Virginia creeper. wild smiIax. and high climbing bracted roses-hrst cousins of our much admired Cherokee.