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as much as ever. Place two or three of them among 

 violet or rose-coloured blossoms, once notice the effect, 

 and you will never scorn the Ribbon-grass again, nor 

 grudge it the quiet nook in the shrubbery which your 

 gay half-hardy plants would decline to expand their 

 blossoms in. 



