CHRISTMAS ROSES
AND OTHER STORIES
COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY ANNE DOUGLAS DE SÉLINCOURT
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
CONTENTS
| CHRISTMAS ROSES | 1 |
| HEPATICAS | 63 |
| DAFFODILS | 92 |
| PANSIES | 121 |
| PINK FOXGLOVES | 147 |
| CARNATIONS | 168 |
| STAKING A LARKSPUR | 208 |
| EVENING PRIMROSES | 253 |
| AUTUMN CROCUSES | 279 |
Christmas Roses
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HEY were coming up everywhere in their sheltered corner on thewall-border, between the laurustinus and the yew hedge. She had alwaysloved to watch their manner of emerging from the wintry ground: neckfirst, arched and stubborn; heads bent down as if with held breath andthrusting effort; the pale, bowed, folded flower, when finally it rose,still earthy, still part, as it
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