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' These a^roganj^'^caujies'hgve such'grade 
‘and dignity," such lyric - 'color., and chorm ‘of . 
form as to deserve-r/iore/than o fleeting-recog- _. 
- nation. UnLike fhe bearded irises, whose season # .- 
/ . oTbloom.they follow immediately, these flow-: ' *' 
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\ whites, opalescent pastels, 'resembling* blowfi . • ... 
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