Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894 · Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin & co. · leaf 136
hin circle of antherscovered v^^ith dust of splendid dusky purple, and ^6 AN ISLAND GARDEN held each upon a slender thread of deeper purplestill. It is simply superb, and when the greatbush is ablaze with these flowers it is indeed aconflagration of color. The fire-engines alwaysturn out when my… … AT every plant should select onlyits own colors and forms from thegreat laboratory of Nature has always seemed tome a very wonderful thing. Each plant takesfrom its surroundings just those qualities whichwill produce its own especial characteristics andno others, never hesitating and never making…
Gardens
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