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of opinion as to what constitutes aristocracy. 

 The chiccory, with its clear blue corollas, 

 bids only for the bees, for they are prac- 

 tically the only insects that really care for 

 blue. The purple of the iron-weed and of 

 the thistle is a little more inclusive in its 

 invitation. So the bees here are joined at 

 the feast chiefly by a varied group of flutter- 

 ing butterflies. But when it comes to the 

 black-eyed Susan and the golden-rod-,- with 

 their great flaring patches of yellow, every 

 insect that cares at all for color sees the 

 notice and heeds the call. So to these flock 

 all sorts and conditions of bugs, beetles, 

 flies, butterflies, and bees. It is this splen- 

 did prodigality of welcome, this genuine 

 understanding that true aristocracy is only 

 the call to service of the fullest and freest 

 kind, that, more than anything else, endears 

 to my heart this splendid, dashing, buxom, 

 western darling. 



