Peep O'Day opened the front gate and came up the graveled walk between the twin rows of silver-leaf poplars.
The silver-leaf tree in the front yard dripped, and the overflowing gutters gurgled and splashed.
Then, as now, the roses climbed upon their lattices and the silver-leaf poplars and elms and mulberry trees waved above them.
Augustus did the marketing for "Silver-leaf Hall," and had evidently been promoted to the position of housekeeper.
Along it were clustered the principal houses and shops, shaded by silver-leaf poplars, a few elms, and some willows and spruces.
