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exactly. This is also exquisite with one pink 

 Water Lily. The pink variety of the Rose Cam- 

 pion is enchanting in this low jar. A tall shaft 

 of ruby glass is radiant with Poppies of every 

 shade of rose and lightest scarlet, with the silvery 

 green of a few oats among them. A slender pur- 

 ple glass is fine with different shades of purple 

 and lilac Sweet Peas, or one or two purple Pop- 

 pies, or an Aster or two of just its color, but there 

 is one long gold-speckled Bohemian glass of rich 

 green which is simply perfect for any flower that 

 blows, and perfect under any circumstances. A 

 half dozen Iceland Poppies, white, yellow, orange, 

 in a little Japanese porcelain bottle, always stand 

 on this beautiful table, the few flecks of color on 

 the bottle repeating their tints. I never could 

 tell half the lovely combinations that glow on this 

 table all summer long. 



By the wide western window a large vase of 

 clear white glass, nearly three feet high, stands 

 full of spears of timothy grass taller than the vase, 

 the tallest I can find, springing stately and high, 

 their heavy green tops bending the fine strong 

 stems just enough for consummate grace. These 

 are mixed with lighter branching grasses, and 

 down among the grass stalks are thrust the slen- 

 der stalks of tall Poppies of every conceivable 

 shade of red ; the whole is a great sheaf of splen- 

 dor reaching higher than the top of the window. 

 This is really imposing ; it takes the eye with de- 

 light. 



All summer long within this pleasant room the 

 flowers hold carnival in every possible combina- 



