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Annu(d Mallow 



The annual mallow is a most important factor 

 of summer beauty; its luscious, pink, hibiscus-like 

 flowers are borne in greatest profusion. 



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Nasturtiums 



I think no one can have too many nasturtiums; 

 they grow so easily they are taken for granted and 

 are not half as much appreciated as they would 

 be if perverse in their habits. There is not a more 

 beautiful form in the flower kingdom, and in color 

 the nasturtium blossoms reproduce flame and sun- 

 light. 



We have obtained through accident a tint which 

 ■ I've never seen in any other flower, that of old gold 

 with an actual gilt glistening over its surface. 



The nasturtium vine, sad to say, is mentally idiotic ; 

 instead of using nice wire netting provided for 

 its climbing, it will unfailingly sneak off under the 

 porch, wasting its life in trying to pretend it is a 

 ghost in the cellar; or if planted by the side of the 

 house it will stupidly run against a crack in the wood, 

 and grow snub-nosed in an attempt to go through a 

 cranny two sizes too small. 



But just as some mothers dote most on the child 

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