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was murdered, found the rooms decorated with China 

 Asters. She said to her attendant that the flowers 

 were in Austria termed death-flowers — and so they 

 proved. The Aster is among the flowers prohibited 

 in Japan for felicitous occasions, as are the Balsam, 



Rhododendron, 

 and Azalea. 



Those who 

 read these pages 

 may note per- 

 haps that I say 

 little of Lilies. 

 I do not care as 

 much for them 

 as most garden 

 lovers do. I 

 like all our wild 

 Lilies, especially 

 the yellow Nod- 

 ding Lily of our 

 fields ; and the 

 Lemon Lily of 

 our gardens is 

 ever a delight; 

 but the stately 

 Lilies which are 

 such general favorites, Madonna Lilies, Japan Lilies, 

 the Gold-banded Lilies, are not especially dear to me. 

 I love climbing vines, whether of delicate leaf or 

 beautiful flower. In a room I place all the decora- 

 tion that I can on the walls, out of the way, leaving 

 thus space to move around without fear of displace- 



Petunias. 



