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The joy of gardens (1911)

McCauley, Lena May. [from old catalog] · Chicago, New York, Rand, McNally and company · leaf 254

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e found refreshment in workingwith nature? The ancient magic has not fled the earthso long as common man can bury a dahlia tuber in earlyspring and bid it be gay in autumn, confident that it willkeep the tryst with him—which it does. Flower gatherers lingering in the twilight know thehour by the… … MY LADY DAHLIA 165 followed the country byroads, camping at night in shadednooks near ever-flowing springs of fresh water, and askinglargess of no man. Summer gave generously of her high-way fruits, and the night repeated no gossip of visitedcornfields, haunted gardens, or the vanishing of…

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