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rectangular boundary. The paths curve through them, half hidden
by shrubbery, in a fascinating manner. Originally, the garden was
pointed up with spruce-pine, now grown into large trees, some of
which have died, detracting from the carefully planned "balance."
At one time a summer-house stood just where the central path of
the vegetable garden entered the flower garden; this, unfortunately,
has not survived, but so many of the old shrubs and plants remain
as they were originally planted, that our great-grandmother’s gar¬
den of 1849 stands today a memorial to one who knew and loved
‘‘the art of gardening.”
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