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Pyrethrum. 



elf that I fancy she wrote them in pure " contrari- 

 ness," just to see what folks would say, how they 

 would dispute over her words. For I never can 

 doubt that, with all her recluse life, she knew intui- 

 tively that some time her lines would be read by 

 folks who would love them. 



The scarcity of red wild flowers is either a cause 



