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carefully dried off in the summer ; and except 

 for those permanently planted in grass or in 

 the wild garden, I have certainly found this 

 plan succeed best, though I know there are 

 two opinions on the subject. But Fappetit vient 

 en mangeant. Not content with these, I was 

 obliged to get a few more in 1905. I chose 

 the cheapest a modest 300 of Princeps Maxi- 

 mus, Barm Conspicuus, and Duchess of Brabant. 

 They were enchanting. 



" Indeed, indeed repentance oft before I swore 



And then and then came Spring, and Rose-in-hand 

 My thread-bare penitence apieces tore." 



And then I must needs get just a very few fresh 

 ones. Sir Watkin, grandest of Medium Crowns ; 

 Mrs. Langtry, exquisite with white perianth 

 and citron cup ; Golden Spur, the fine yellow 

 self trumpet so invaluable for pot-work ; Hors- 

 fieldii, as handsome, but earlier and more dwarf 

 than Empress; and the magnificent Grandee, 

 latest of all. There I have stopped, just in 

 time to save my tottering self-respect. But 

 who knows whether some day Cernuus and 



