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PROSERPINA. 



I have chosen for Veronica Kegina, the brave Ice- 

 landic one, which pierces the snow in first spring, with 

 lovely small shoots of perfectly set leaves, no larger than 



FIG. IV. 



a grain of wheat ; the flowers in a lifted cluster of five or 

 six together, not crowded, yet not loose ; large, for ve- 

 ronica about the size of a silver penny, or say half an 

 inch across deep blue, with ruby centre. 



