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that the garden had beehives and that the bees 

 were loved ; for when they sallied out of their straw 

 bee-skepes, these happy bees found their favorite 

 blossoms planted to welcome them : Cerinthe, drop- 

 ping with honey; Cacalia, a sister flower; Lupine, 

 Larkspur, Sweet Marjoram, and Thyme .1 can 



Old Garden at Duck Cove Farm in Narragansett. 



taste the Thyme-scented classic honey from that 

 garden ! There was variety of foliage as well as 

 bloom, the dovelike Lavender, the glaucous Horned 

 Poppy, the glistening Iceplants, the dusty Rose 

 Campion. 



Stately plants grew from the little seed-packets ; 

 Hollyhocks, Valerian, Canterbury Bells, Tree Prim- 

 roses looked down on the low-growing herbs of the 



