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The joy of gardens (1911)

McCauley, Lena May. [from old catalog] · Chicago, New York, Rand, McNally and company · leaf 71

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ofdahlias and sweet-pea planting. Before the middle ofApril the native shrubs going to destruction in suburbanlots should be transplanted into the yard. What can beprettier than the Siberian dogwood, the pussy willow andits cousins, and the wild crab? If intent on improvingvacant lots, a clump may… … SWEETNESS AND LIGHT HAPPINESS is a light-footed goddess dancing at-tendance on the consciousness of work well done.She plays at hide and seek, evading you as you turn to bidher stay, then shyly comes upon you unawares, whisper-ing a word that your heart may hear when you have putaside your longing…

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