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blooming neighbors, till their time of glory 

 comes round again. And if a sedate mem- 

 ber of the Balm family shows its red head in 

 a corner, or a tall bush cranberry peeps over 

 the fence to display its strings of coral : even 

 if an old Corchorus surveys the beauties of 

 to-day, and gravely discourses of 



" The times that used to was," — 



nobody is shocked, and the old bush is not 

 disturbed. No stiffness, no ceremony, — flow- 

 ers, and not a garden, — this is the beauty of 

 the old style ; yet even here taste and judg- 

 ment will find work. 



For instance, you will not shadow your 

 lively little verbenas with the stately growth 

 of a tall ricinus ; nor force the tea roses to 

 keep house near the marigolds. You will 

 not suffer a weed anywhere. Give the 

 small things a chance to be seen, and let 

 distance heighten the enchantment of those 

 that are tall and tree-like. Scatter your 

 colours broadcast indeed, and yet with a 

 certain thought and method ; have plenty 

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