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The joy of gardens (1911)

McCauley, Lena May. [from old catalog] · Chicago, New York, Rand, McNally and company · leaf 86

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nd makingbouquets for everyday homes, where willow chairselbowed with mahogany, and books of verse disturbed thedust on neglected volumes of wisdom, while the wander-ing breeze rustled the chintz curtains before the casement. Then, if we are given the grace to have courage tocultivate a tangle of… … THE USES OF ADVERSITY 49 the ground is well warmed to that cozy, half-dry condi-tion, not too dry nor yet too moist, suitable to hold andfeed hungry rootlets. Most of the annuals do not rootdeeply, but live from day to day on sunshine and surfacemoisture, in common with many other gay children of…

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