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ing them by their chaffy coats, from heat or 

 cold, drought or wet, they shall form the back 

 of our nosegay. One or two bunches of the 

 light feathery grass, which grows on the edge 

 of the pathway, will be a very nice addition. 



CORN FLOWERS. 



Here are some beautiful sky-blue flowers which 

 we cannot pass by; they are " Corn Pinks," or 

 " Blue Bottles,"* well worth looking at now, on 



* Centaurea Cyanus, 



