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thick ranks were ready to fly away with myriad 

 wings of delicious pink, blue, purple, red, and 

 white. Poppies yet bloom, Rose Campions at 

 their brightest, hemmed in with the Scarlet Flax, 

 and the stars and suns of Marigolds blaze with a 

 matchless glory. Single Dahlias are sumptuous 

 in every color, and in their prime. One Coreopsis 

 Golden Banner is a sight to see, like a great gold 

 mountain heaped in the middle of the garden. 

 Many kinds of Helianthus make splendid the lit- 

 tle inclosure ; Love-in-a-mist puts out flower after 

 flower of mystic charm; the Asters bloom in 

 profusion of exquisite colors, the Comet variety, 

 which I think is most lovely of all. The white 

 Stocks are dazzling in their purity, and so fra- 

 grant ! Nasturtiums run riot, of course, and light 

 up every corner ; the Phloxes glow ; the Mourn- 

 ing Brides are fine in their sumptuous black-red 

 velvet; Verbenas are brilliant; Tea Roses blos- 

 soming yet ; the Giant Spider flower, Cleome 

 pungens, rises all over the garden in rosy purple 

 clouds. Mignonette is lavish of rich spikes of 

 bloom, and the Pansies never so splendid; im- 

 mense smooth, perfect flowers of every color, they 

 never put forth such in the summer heats. Pico- 

 tee pinks are bright and sweet, but the poor little 

 Margarets suffered too much with the venomous 

 carnation worm, spite of my daily care, and are 

 only just now sending up their buds. I shall take 

 them up and keep them safe in the house over 

 the winter. In a corner the deep blue Plum- 

 bago Lady Larpent blooms finely, the Foxgloves 

 are strong and tall, though they will not blossom 



