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grace as do the flexible branches of the weeping 

 willow. At each extremity of slender and supple 

 branches will open a long bunch of flowers, of 

 a fine violet color. Should it so happen that 

 some of these flowered branches, in the exuber- 

 ance of their spirits, stray off so far as to pay a 

 visit to your next door neighbors, these, especially 

 whilst taking the air at their windows, will have 

 no cause to complain of the intrusion. 



The clianthus to which you must give, as a 

 support, four rods of white osier tied together 

 will very soon hide this support under its abun- 

 dant vegetation, adorned with a profusion of 

 flowers of the finest carnation color. 



If these two shrubs occupied the middle of the 

 balcony, they would take up too much room, and 

 prevent your seeing out ; but, placed at the two 

 angles, they give a little shade, fresh and per- 

 fumed, which contributes to render more delight- 

 ful still those moments of the day that one likes 

 to pass, book in hand, upon the balcony in the 

 midst of flowers. 



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