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seed ripens. In the spring I have the little 

 plants, seeded in this way from the year be- 

 fore, taken from the borders and transplanted 

 in rows, and find they are larger and stronger 

 than any others. 



Foxgloves, white, spotted and pale lilac, 

 are the pride of the garden. Plant them 

 back of the Sweet Williams, in clumps of 

 six or eight, or else with Peonies. They 

 blossom at the same time, and the pinks or 

 reds of Sweet Williams or Peonies, with 

 here and there a mass of white, and the tall, 

 graceful spikes of the Foxgloves rising above 

 them, produce so beautiful an effect that 

 you will simply have to go and look at 

 them many times a day. 



Canterhury Bells. Let any one who has 

 been at Oxford in June and July recall the 

 Canterbury Bells in those loveliest of all 

 gardens. New College and St. Johns, and she 

 will not rest until they have a place in her 

 garden. I did not know these flowers be- 

 fore going to Oxford, and after seeing them 



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