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will be nice plants, ready to move in the 
autumn and to flower in mild seasons through 
the winter as well as during the spring. 
The love of blue flowers must not lead to 
the exclusion of others. Reds and pinks are 
not so easy to get, nor is there as great a 
variety to select from. Among bulbs there 
are the lovely pink hyacinths. They make a 
fine show in beds or borders, but would not do 
to plant in wild or woodland places like the 
“bluebell.” To get good pink or red flowers 
in the wild garden, in woods, or on banks, there 
is nothing better than the coloured varieties of 
the common primrose and polyanthus. There 
is every shade from pinkish - white to deep 
crimson, and everywhere primroses are wel¬ 
come. Plants will do extremely well in beds 
or borders, but if they are to remain there, 
and not to give way to summer flowers, a 
partially shady place must be found, so that 
they do not get too dry and scorched by 
the hot sun. There are very pretty double 
primroses too, pale yellow or soft mauve or 
deep red, which make gay posies in the spring, 
and also a quaint old-fashioned kind, called 
“hose-in-hose,” which look like two flowers, 
stuck one inside the other. These queer little 
“hose-in-hose” always had a great fascination 
for me, in association with the delightful story 
