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The joy of gardens (1911)

McCauley, Lena May. [from old catalog] · Chicago, New York, Rand, McNally and company · leaf 282

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w the self-sown cockscombs, claim-ing the right of numbers. Still triumphant amid the forlorn tangle of the desertedgarden, cockscomb awaits in defiance the approach of win-ter. It holds its head high above its woody pedestal andlooks across the vacant spaces where goldenrod and mari-gold once held… … COURT OF THE SULTANA, OEXERALIFE PALACE, GRANADA, SPAIN ESCAPED FROM GARDENS 185 Manners maketh the man; behold my temper; I shallendure to the end. Cockscomb is a prolific producer in the economy of thenatural world. It owns not a stingy fiber. From the tenthousand cells of its plumed florescence…

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