. Birds and berries in my grandmother's garden . east side, -while stately holly-Locks ana smiling sunflowers vied with each other intrying to peep above the top. Clumps of Juneherry, spice hush, Japanese dogwood,and other varieties of shruhsattractive to h i r d agrew ahout the old■well, heside the ar-hor, ana formed thehedgerow back ofthe garden. In thespring they harhoredthe white-crow^ned,■white-throated, andfox sparrows, — aris-tocrats of the spar-ro^w trihe; the livelycarol of the early song sparro^whlended deliglitfully -with the■white-throats clear, sweet,histle and many a duet did tke
. Birds and berries in my grandmother's garden . east side, -while stately holly-Locks ana smiling sunflowers vied with each other intrying to peep above the top. Clumps of Juneherry, spice hush, Japanese dogwood,and other varieties of shruhsattractive to h i r d agrew ahout the old■well, heside the ar-hor, ana formed thehedgerow back ofthe garden. In thespring they harhoredthe white-crow^ned,■white-throated, andfox sparrows, — aris-tocrats of the spar-ro^w trihe; the livelycarol of the early song sparro^whlended deliglitfully -with the■white-throats clear, sweet,histle and many a duet did tkey sing together heforetlie lafter departed for the North. A simple path fringed■with dainty columhine and larkspur guided one to thecool moss arbor, w^here it ■was pleasant to sit on sunnydays and watcli tke hluehirds teaching their speckle-breasted young to bathe in tbe bird-pool nearby, or seetbe golden oriole feeding lucious cherries to his mate intbe pensile nest in the apple tree. ^e lo^w weatber-beaten coftage itself, with its. ^■-^7^ vn. p ■w^
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