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them, and they look loveliest, I think, when each 

 color is kept by itself. For the Princess Beatrice, 

 which is a divine pale pink, a shade of rose re- 

 fined and exquisite, there are glasses of clear pink 

 that repeat the hues of the flowers with magical 

 gradations and reflections. For the white kinds 

 there are white vases, the most effective of ground 

 glass, the opaque surface of which matches the 

 tone of the flowers. 



Of the named kinds of Sweet Peas the most 

 beautiful shades of pink that I know are the 

 divinely delicate Princess Beatrice, the palest 

 rose-color; Adonis, a deeper pink, very clear 

 and rich; the Orange Prince, a most ineffably 

 splendid color of bright yellow-rose ; these together 

 make a combination of color that satisfies the in- 

 most soul. Carmine Invincible is the most 

 splendid red ; the Butterfly is white edged with 

 mauve, and combined with the delicate rose 

 Princess Beatrice makes a delicious harmony. 

 Blanche Ferry is also a lovely rose. Queen Vic- 

 toria is the best white I have known ; but every 

 year new varieties are found which seem more and 

 more beautiful, and it is only by trying them that 

 one finds which to depend on. 



Of the worth of these I have mentioned I am 

 sure; they are the strongest growers, the freest 

 bloomers, and the most beautiful of their kind. 

 They never disappoint you if you give them the 

 right care. The list of flowers in my island gar- 

 den is by no means long, but I could discourse of 

 them forever ! They are mostly the old-fashioned 

 flowers our grandmothers loved. Beginning with 



