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gardens here and there. It cannot be forced, 

 so the florists do not care for it, and it will not 

 be coaxed or bribed into yielding any con- 

 siderable number of flower stalks, but it has 

 a richness of texture, and a subtlety of odour 

 which makes its scantily borne blossoms a 

 distinct feature even when the garden is bright 

 with tulips, and the earlier iris. I am taking 

 leave to class all of these delightful flowers 

 daffodils, jonquils, narcissi under one head ; 

 which saves trouble ; takes them away from 

 the unsympathetic rulings of scientific nomen- 

 clature ; and puts them where they (of all 

 flowers) belong : in the dear company of the 

 best-beloved, who look up and smile an answer 

 no matter by what name they are called. 



Snowdrops have begun to drowse a little, 

 but the crocus are in their glory. If you care 

 for a new colour sensation blend into a heavy 

 planting of dark purple crocus as many blue 

 scillas as you can get. When they open their 

 hearts to the sunbeams you will see with your 

 inner vision the light falling through old minster 

 windows, and you will hear, with that subtle 

 inner hearing which goes with a sense of fair 

 colours, a deep-toned organ playing, and the 



