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the steely blue heads of the globe thistle ; as 

 seen against a background of Dutch tiles the 

 effect of this is extremely captivating. She 

 wanders about my garden in the morning, in 

 a quiet sort of way, picking up here and there 

 little unconsidered trifles, with which she 

 manages afterwards to produce charming 

 and novel combinations. It is wonderful 

 what she can do with the fading foliage of 

 the pceony in late autumn. In fact I am con- 

 tinually being delighted and surprised by her 

 graceful ingenuity. 



