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my hand. &quot;Jonathan, it says English daisies 

 are good for borders.&quot; 



&quot;Borders ! What do you want of borders? &quot; 



&quot;Why, up on the farm the phlox, you 

 know.&quot; 



&quot;Oh, the phlox. I thought you had sweet 

 alyssum for a border.&quot; 



He took off his coat and I drew him into 

 the study. 



&quot;Why, yes, but that was such a little pack 

 age. I don t believe there would be enough. 

 And I thought I could try the English daisies, 

 too, and if one did n t do well perhaps the 

 other would. And look what it says No, 

 never mind the newspaper yet there is n t 

 any news just look at this about pansies.&quot; 



&quot;Pansies! You don t want them for a 

 border!&quot; 



&quot;Why, no, not exactly. But, you see, the 

 phlox won t blossom till late August, and it 

 says that if you plant this kind of pansies very 

 early, they blossom in June, and then if you 

 cover them they live over and blossom again 

 the next May. And pansies are so lovely! 

 Look at that picture! Don t you love those 

 French-blue ones?&quot; 



