McCauley, Lena May. [from old catalog] · Chicago, New York, Rand, McNally and company · leaf 148
devotion to dahlias. As we are denied glittering successes in roses, it iswithin the power of a tactful gardener to transfer hisloves. Perchance when our back is turned on red spidersand slugs to lavish affection on some hardier plant thanthe rose, the pests themselves will travel along and meeta… … THE ODORS OF ARABY 93 A devotion to the rose must be fostered as one of thefiner passions of life, in which feeble human power offersa gift of affection to natures supreme flower, withoutrival in color, and with a breath blown by enchantmentfrom the Elysian fields to this commonplace earth ofours.…
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