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blossoms pass * wrapt through many a rosy 

 change' into pink and white. It is in- 

 valuable in nosegays for the flower-glasses. 

 It will have to be transplanted from its 

 rather obscure corner at a distance from 

 the house by the garden-men's cottage. 

 It would keep the east border ( furnished ' 

 until the time of phloxes. Ever since 

 mid-winter, the flower-glasses on our tables 

 have glowed with a rich succession of 

 Amaryllis formosissima and double scarlet 

 hibiscus. The long firm petals of this 

 amaryllis, well named ' the most beautiful,' 

 burn red beneath the silken surface a just 

 imitation of old red enamel. I never tired 

 of watching the play of inner light ; the 

 turn of each petal shone like a piece of old 

 jeweller's work. 



JULY 24. One month has passed since 

 the garden lay flushed with the full glory of 

 midsummer. It is a little sad that nothing 

 now remains but a memory of it ; that 

 thinking of the garden flowers one must 

 say that this, and this, has been / Many 

 a flower since June has budded, bloomed, 



