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bridal wreath in good condition, or had they been hurt by the rain?
It seems so strange to me to realize that the flowers are out now, for not so long we had reports of heavy snow in the North. When summer does come at last, it seems as though I never was ready for it. It's a miracle all over again every year. We don't have the lilacs and other northern spring flowers down here, and I miss their delicacy. They have flame vine, hibiscus, bourganvilles, oleander, trumpet vine and such showy flowers for shrubs and vines. For garden flowers, they have the singly petunia such as you have. It is planted everywhere in masses for the benefit of the winter guests. Now it is going by, and I understand nothing will take its place. It will not be planted again until another