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away. Between and among the little Lilies is a wide 

 planting of London Pride, the best for beauty of bloom 

 of its own branch of the large family of Saxifrage. 

 Its healthy-looking rosettes of bright pale leaves and 

 delicate clouds of faint pink bloom seem to me to set 

 off the quite different way of growth of the Anthericum 

 so as to display the very best that both can do, making 

 me think of any two people whose minds are in such 

 a happy state of mutual intelligence, that when talking 

 together bright sparks of wit or wisdom flash from 

 both, to the delight of the appreciative listener. The 

 only other flower that bears its part in this pretty show 

 is a cloudy mass of Venus's Navel wort (Omphalodes 

 linifolia), showing near the right side of the plate. 

 The whole picture is the better in that no other flowers 

 are in sight. There is a near backing of small shrubs, 

 Daphne and dwarf Rhododendrons, then a woody space 

 in shadow, and sunlit copse beyond ; nothing to distract 

 the eye from the easy grouping and charming tender- 

 ness of . colour of the simple little summer flowers. 



