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Flowers have been my specialty. As a little girl, I always had a sacred bed of flowers. 

I loved pansies. My seeds were bought in a little country store - the only one for miles around. Every year I had my pansy bed. 

One spring, I visited my aunt who lived on a large place. I was greatly enchanted by her flower catalog. She gave me an old one to cut out the flowers. 

This took my eye, so I put it in my scrap book. 
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[[image of 5 pansies]]
[[Saucy Pansies though we be, 
We would have you know
That we know a thing or two- 
Burpee's seeds will grow. 
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Those pansies looked so true that I sent for some of