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dreary, with their leaves, devoid of autumn tints, still 
struggling to hold on, the vivid colouring of the beds 
gave a very different impression. The charm of the warm 
red tone against the cold blue mists must have given a 
sensation of pleasure to any one sensitive to such contrasts. 
A Corner of the Queen Victoria Memorial Gardens, 
IN FRONT OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE 
The Park in spring has nothing of the stiff, early 
Victorian gardening left. Under the trees crocuses raise 
their dainty heads, as cheerily as from out of Alpine 
snows, and the slopes of grass spangled with a “ host of 
golden daffodils ” are a delight to all beholders. 
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