These charming "dwellers of the 

 dust " become friends of long stand- 

 ing. One little root nurtured and 

 tended may live as long as you do, 

 appearing anew each spring with 

 added numbers to glorify the garden 

 spot. So sturdy is it that even neg- 

 lect does not break its heart, nor cause 

 it to lose hope, though its nuggets of 

 gold may not be so numerous. Cour- 

 age is a quality that always inspires 

 admiration, and in this case it is 

 coupled with beauty and solid worth. 

 Shelley, that poet so susceptible to 

 all the influences of nature, took the 

 flowers at their true worth when he 

 wrote : — 



" The pied wind flowers and the tulip tall, 

 And narcissi, the fairest among them all, 

 Who gaze on their eyes in the stream's recess, 

 Till they die at their own dear loveliness." 



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