Betsy called it the dumbledore's de- 

 light, and was not aware that the 

 plant, in whose helmet, rather than 

 cowl-shaped flowers, that busy and 

 best-natured of all the insects appears 

 to revel more than in any other, is the 

 deadly aconite of which she reads in 

 poetry ; the white lily, and the fleur- 

 de-lys ; peonies which are still the 

 glory of the English garden; stocks 

 and gillyflowers which make the gar- 

 den sweet as the gales of Arabia ; wall- 

 flowers, which for a while are little 

 less fragrant, and not less beautiful; 

 pinks and carnations added their spicy 

 odours ; roses, red and white, peeped 

 in at the lower casements, and the 

 jassamine climbed to the windows of 

 the chambers above. You must nurse 

 your flowers if you would have them 

 flourish, unless you happen to have 

 a gardener who is as fond of them as 

 yourself." 



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