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rock-garden, with its dull wee flowers and huge scarlet 

 berries, Mr. Eden Phillpotts may luxuriate in its hardi- 

 ness, but with me it is a delicacy to be nurtured (without 

 ecstasy) in the vinery. Even on his promise I can hardly 

 dare believe that it will ever prove winter-hard with us. 



