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against the east wall, so I will clear out a border 

 there, and have a row of salmon, rose, white, yellow, 

 scarlet, and the blushing one that comes out pure 

 white in the morning, and faintly blushes by 

 breakfast time. At lunch it is pink, and by night 

 a dull red, and dead. There are many visitors to 

 see my Garden-Beautiful now. The green of the 

 leaves, the varied tree foliage, from the palest green 

 to the darkest; the yellow of the Crotons, the 

 bright red of the Acalypha or Fiji Nettle, the pure 

 white of the Pampas Grass, and the abundant 

 yellow of the Allamanda ; with the scarlet Ixora, 

 and the bright purple Bougainvillia, that completely 

 covers an old mango tree ; with also the showy 

 reds and yellows of Cannas, and the magnificent 

 tresses of orange-coloured Tecoma Grandiflora, 

 make a glorious Eastern coup-d'oeil. 



