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ground for bright stars of zinnias; the browny- 
gold of annual wall flowers, and spires of red, 
rose, and white stocks; blue bell-flowers, and 
pale violet hardy asters; while above the 
border tower the altheas, and yellow golden 
glow. The only discordant members of the 
company were some seedling phlox, which 
proved to be of the tiresome magenta shade, 
and had to be weeded out. 
