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Oh! the droning of the bee! 

 In his dust}- pantaloons 

 Tumbling in the Fleurs-de-lis; 

 In the drowsy afternoons 

 Dreaming in the pink sweet-pea. 



C'tt:ccin: The Fannsted. 



Fig. XLI. — .\.m..\s 



Size. — The Flowers of all varieties are of good size, 

 and of some the}- are immense, live to six inches 

 deep with segments one and three-quarters to two or 

 more inches wide — as, pallida Dalmatica (Fig. X\ III, 

 page 12S), Isoline (Fig. XXXVI, page 139), Kharput 

 (Fig. XXXR', page 139), Amas (Fig. XLI). See 

 further, about size, under Blooming in this chapter. 



Fragraxce. — Most varieties are more or less fra- 

 grant. Caprice, pallida Dalmatica, Dclicatissima, I''""air}% 

 Florentina and Pacquita are among the most fragrant. 

 Caprice and Fair)- have an especially delicious fra- 



