. The happy garden . us and retire for the next yearswork of covering up their crinolines, in which, atlast, the horticulturists have found a use for thehoops of our grandmothers. Weeds and ants battle for possession of thecrevices between the stones. The ants I murderwith paraffin, and as for the weeds, when they growtoo rampant, I invite one of those visitors whoburn to be of use to their hostess. A hedge of dwarf lavender marks off the court-yard from the lawn, beginning by the stone stepswith the lions—they came from Venice, and arecalled James and John—aright round to the oldapple tree th
. The happy garden . us and retire for the next yearswork of covering up their crinolines, in which, atlast, the horticulturists have found a use for thehoops of our grandmothers. Weeds and ants battle for possession of thecrevices between the stones. The ants I murderwith paraffin, and as for the weeds, when they growtoo rampant, I invite one of those visitors whoburn to be of use to their hostess. A hedge of dwarf lavender marks off the court-yard from the lawn, beginning by the stone stepswith the lions—they came from Venice, and arecalled James and John—aright round to the oldapple tree that was struck by lightning, and nowserves as a prop for climbing roses and wistaria,which, when it is grown tall enough, is to minglewith the laburnum growing near by. Inside thelavender, in the spring, grow crocuses and tulips,and by the time these are over the lavender hasgrown out over the stones. Over the roimd draw-ing-room window a Reine Hem-iette rose climbsabout the brown roof, and near by a Judas tree 54. Cherry Walk and Lawn gives us beautiful pink flowers in the spring, andlater on its fine foliage ; a passion-flower twinesitself above the Madonna lilies beneath anotherwindow, and laburnum and clematis Jackmannibloom alternately over the wall that divides thefront garden from the garden proper. . Ill open the door. There ; you see the brick court from the otherside, and the rose pergola between the front doorand the little front gate, and the clematis montana,and the acacias, the almond tree, what remains ofthe old gentlemans laurels, the berberis, polygonum,and the larches where you saw the squirrel. He is still there. . Two of them ! Little redfellows. They will have nothing to do with theirgrey American cousins, and I believe the Americanseat out the Europeans. It is a terrible invasion :surely a case for the Monroe Doctrine. Now, Jane—^to adopt the manner of the pro-fessional guide—turning our backs on the eligiblemansion—it is really a mansion, for it
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