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{LARGE garden affords some of the best
zo ” amusements and safeguards of either family
23<5 or school. Not only does it keep the

ey young folks out of mischief, but it benefits
oe “ their health, and teaches them many use-

ful lessons. The garden at the Oaks had
been originally laid out for a gentleman’s estate. The
great greenhouse still remained, the grape vines were
ancient and knotty, and clambering over the largest
trees. The box borders were several feet high, and
made fine hiding places for the boys. <A trumpet-
creeper had hung its green mantle over the whole side
of a building which lay on one boundary of the garden.
In the middle stood a stubborn-looking holly, beset
by its prickly palisade, with every leaf separately armed,
—a noble tree both for beauty and for associations.
When a boy came to school he was allowed free
access to this gardén and the tool-house, but it was