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dreary, with their leaves, devoid of autumn tints, still 

 struggling to hold on, the vivid colouring of the beds 

 gave a very different impression. The charm of the warm 

 red tone against the cold blue mists must have given a 

 sensation of pleasure to any one sensitive to such contrasts. 



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A Corner of the Queen Victoria Memorial Gardens, 



IN FRONT OF BUCKINGHAM PaLACE 



The Park in spring has nothing of the stiff, early 

 Victorian gardening left. Under the trees crocuses raise 

 their dainty heads, as cheerily as from out of Alpine 

 snows, and the slopes of grass spangled with a " host of 

 golden daffodils " are a delight to all beholders. 



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