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The joy of gardens (1911)

McCauley, Lena May. [from old catalog] · Chicago, New York, Rand, McNally and company · leaf 219

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O THE JOY OF GARDENS where it may enjoy midday heat and catch the lingeringrays of later afternoon to keep on fire the warmth of itsvivid, orange-red, mystic markings of purple and black.The liking for lilies is the test of the stranger. Doeshe treat the high-bred virility of the tiger lily with… … A GARDEN AT ARDMORE, PENNSYLVANIA HERBS O GRACE MY neighbor, a goodwife, believes that the foxes ofthe field and the birds of the air know the herbsof their salvation. In an old book we read that theswallow cureth her dim eyes with celandine, the weaselknoweth well the virtue of herb grace, the…

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