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are filled in succession with Roses, Carnations, 

 and Sweet Peas, each with their own foliage. 

 First there are the great pink blossoms of Magna 

 Charta, three in each jar, and well furnished with 

 their rich handsome leaves; or the crimson 

 clusters of Rubin relieved with some of its small 

 green and red shoots ; or the buff-yellow of the 

 Reve (TOr^ that smothers the outer wall of the 

 dining-room, and makes so fine a nesting-place 

 for thrushes and chaffinches. Then comes 

 the turn of Carnations one week the salmon- 

 pink, another the deep crimson clove, another, 

 for a change, Marguerite Carnations of all 

 colours mixed up together their grass coming 

 in usefully to mix with the more precious 

 true Carnations, whose every shoot is wanted 

 for layers or cuttings. 



And the Sweet Peas how easy they are to 

 arrange how delightfully decorative are they 

 in one or, at most, two colours at a time 

 the whole table dressed with the crimson of 

 King Edward ^77., the delicate pink of Gladys 

 Unwin, or the flame-salmon of Miss Willmott. 

 If the day is very scorching one may take a 



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