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called ‘‘blue bottles’’ by the country people. 
They have a soft porcelain-blue tint, not so 
brilliant as the scillas, but more pleasing 
when seen close at hand. They are attractive, 
too, for the fact that they make themselves 
at home and spread. The blue and white, 
planted together, are a very pretty addition 
to the garden, and can be put in odd comers 
where they will be undisturbed. 
Very often one begins a garden with the 
wish to make an effective picture, and to have 
plenty of flowers for the house, but after a 
time comes to have many modest but lovely 
flowers which he grows simply from an 
interest in their personality, and not for the 
display they make. Having reached this 
stage of gardening, he leaves out of his col- 
lection some flowers like the nasturtium 
perhaps, of obvious decorative value, but 
which every one has and which will grow any- 
where. This too obliging ease of culture 
sometimes brings upon the accommodating 
plant a sort of friendly contempt; as when my 
friend Jim makes his invariable comment 
