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The joy of gardens (1911)

McCauley, Lena May. [from old catalog] · Chicago, New York, Rand, McNally and company · leaf 92

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and the borders ofannuals to take on a natural aspect. A warm May day is ideal weather; and, as we watch,the hardy primroses seem to shake their leaves and toturn their frilled caps to the sky, the pansies smooth outtheir wrinkles, and forget-me-nots and arabis look as freshas if nature had touched… … THE USES OF ADVERSITY 53 perhaps the rain was not so bad after all, and that flowershave a wonderful gift of looking out for themselves. As we lean over the garden fence, the heart leaps at thesight of dandelion gold. The host arrived in a singlenight, whole colonies and companies, to possess the…

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