OLD-FASHIONED FLOWERS 

 jolly, easy-going colours. The Mal- 

 lows, or Lavateras,like demure misses, 

 feel the tenderest blushes of fugitive 

 modesty mount to their corollas at the 

 slightest breath. The Nasturtium paints 

 his water colours, or screams like a 

 parakeet climbing up the bars of its 

 cage; and the Rose-mallow, Althaea 

 Rosea, Hollyhock, ridingthe high horse 

 of her many names, flaunts her cock- 

 ades of a flesh silkier than a maiden's 

 breast. The Snapdragon and the almost 

 transparent Balsam are more timorous 

 and awkward and fearfully press their 

 flowers against their stalks. 



Next, in the discreet corner of the old 

 families, are crowded the Long-leaved 

 Veronica ; the Red Potentilla ; the Afri- 



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