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Snowdrops, Crocuses, Daffodils, Narcissus, a few 

 Hyacinths, Scillas, an English Primrose or two, 

 Tulips, and several other early blooming plants, 

 one big red Peony, Columbine, Ragged Robin, 

 Cornflowers, Roses and Lilies, Larkspurs, Pinks 

 and Gillyflowers, Sweet Williams, Wallflowers, 

 Forget-me-nots, single Dahlias, Sunflowers of 

 every kind, and Hollyhocks of all colors, Poppies 

 in almost endless variety, Nasturtiums of all hues, 

 pot Marigolds, summer Chrysanthemums in great 

 variety, Rose Campion, or Rose of Heaven, Pan- 

 sies, Phlox, Sweet Peas, and Mignonette, Crimson 

 Flax and the tall blue Perennial Flax (a wonder- 

 ful blue!), many kinds of Coreopsis, all most 

 valuable and decorative, Asters, Honeysuckle 

 and Clematis, Morning-glories, Lavender and Fox- 

 gloves, Candytuft, Verbenas, Thunbergia, Pent- 

 stemon, the heaven-blue Ipomea, white Petunias, 

 because they are so beautiful by moonlight, 

 a few Four-o'clocks, and so forth. These are 

 enough for a most happy little garden. A few 

 more modern plants are added, a golden and a 

 rosy Lily from Japan, a lustrous white gold- 

 hearted Anemone from the same country, for au- 

 tumn blooming, one or two tuberous-rooted Bego- 

 nias, some Gaillardias and Zinnias, the fragrant 

 little Asperula (Woodruff), and some others. 

 Among the new plants one of the most interest- 

 ing is the Hugelia Ccerulea, which grows a foot 

 and a half high, with a many-branched woolly 

 leaf, and flowers in flat clusters of the most deli- 

 cious light blue. This is a flower with an atmos- 

 phere ; it has a quality of beauty quite indescri- 

 bable. 



