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only at the summit, there is no definite line of distinction. 

 Others, though tall, flower quite down to the ground. Some run 

 at the base so provoldngly that they must have great compensating 

 merit to save them from the rubbish heap. But enough has been 

 said to show that we can tell nothing of the habit of Michaelmas 



Daisies which is true of the whole class, except that they continue 

 to flower when nearly all other flowers in our gardens are over. 

 Perhaps the weakest point about them is their colour, or rather 

 their want of colour. Different shades of dull purple are too 



