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... blossom , for example , and myrtle have an appeal all their own . To see these qualities in excelsis one should look up at a tall specimen of Drimys Winteri , var . latifolia , with great shining evergreen leaves hung about with ...
... blossom , for example , and myrtle have an appeal all their own . To see these qualities in excelsis one should look up at a tall specimen of Drimys Winteri , var . latifolia , with great shining evergreen leaves hung about with ...
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... blossom For men to love . Some god has done this to you , O lilac , And the butterfly does not fear you . ALBA • I came upon the tree of lilac F. S. FLINT . That had blossomed like a dream on night's dark bosom . I have gathered you a ...
... blossom For men to love . Some god has done this to you , O lilac , And the butterfly does not fear you . ALBA • I came upon the tree of lilac F. S. FLINT . That had blossomed like a dream on night's dark bosom . I have gathered you a ...
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... blossom , bowls of camellias , freesias , and other spring flowers , and every single one of them wants filling up . Anyone with half an eye for flowers can see the distress signals , and they will all be dead days before their time ...
... blossom , bowls of camellias , freesias , and other spring flowers , and every single one of them wants filling up . Anyone with half an eye for flowers can see the distress signals , and they will all be dead days before their time ...
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article in Country Autumn Flowers basket beauty bloom blossom bouquet bowl branches brilliant bulbs camellias charm Christmas Chrysanthemums colour CONSTANCE SPRY Cook Country Fair daffodils dark delicate Drimys effect evergreen F. S. FLINT ferns filled flavour flower arrangements Flower Decoration Flowers in House foliage FORD MADOX HUEFFER G. K. CHESTERTON Garden Notebook globe artichoke green grey growing Harper's Bazaar hellebore House and Garden hyacinths Illustration by Lesley indoors kitchen Lady's Locket Lesley Blanch light lilac lilies look lovely mixed modern rose moss moss roses Norman Wilkinson old roses old-fashioned one's pale peonies perhaps petals picked picture facing pink plants pleasure poppies pot-pourri purple Rex Whistler rich rose garden rose leaves scent seems shades shining shrub silver soft Spring Flowers stems suitable Summer and Autumn Susiana sweet things tree tulips vase vegetables white flowers willowherb Winter and Spring yellow