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Old Time Gardens 
was murdered, found the rooms decorated with China 
Asters. She said to her attendant that the flowers 
were in Austria termed death-flowers — and so they 
proved. The Aster is among the flowers prohibited 
in Japan for felicitous occasions, as are the Balsam, 
Rhododendron, 
and Azalea. 
Those who 
read these pages 
may note per- 
haps that I say 
little of Lilies. 
I do not care as 
much for them 
as most garden 
lovers do. I 
like all our wild 
Lilies, especially 
the yellow Nod- 
ding Lily of our 
fields ; and the 
Lemon Lily of 
our gardens is 
ever a delight; 
but the stately 
Lilies which are 
such general favorites, Madonna Lilies, Japan Lilies, 
the Gold-banded Lilies, are not especially dear to me. 
I love climbing vines, whether of delicate leaf or 
beautiful flower. In a room I place all the decora- 
tion that I can on the walls, out of the way, leaving 
thus space to move around without fear of displace- 
Petunias. 
