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inging from white through sky and 

 o a metallic purple ; Canterbury bells 

 rcelain opaqueness, white, lilac, rose, and 

 lumbines of every solid colour and the 

 lined varieties, too, that suggest the fairylike 

 blossoms wrought by skilful glass blowers; lemon- 

 yellow day lilies that make a brave showing against 

 a backgro h branches; peonies 



May with the crimson 



i old-world foxglove, 



the golden glow of 



sweet William, white, 



eye, and harlequin, that 



crowd the fringed clove pinks almost out of the bor- 

 der. Then, too, there is a day edition of the yellow 

 evening primrose, and honesty (lunaria), the herb of 

 magic, in three tints, white, lavender, and purple. 



All these flowers are of course improved by fre- 

 quent resowing and resetting, and by having 

 elbow room, and yet nowhere do they se, 



gracefully lovable, and so wholl 

 hardy be, as in the bit of the old bor- 



ot discip': -c the 



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soil by a tangle of poppies, 



sweet WB oves. 



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