One coloured primrose…

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“One coloured primrose growing from a clump,

One Lenten rose, one golden aconite,

Dog Toby in his ruff, with varnish bright,

One sprig of daphne, roseate or white,

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One violet beneath a mossy stump,

One gold and purple iris, brave but small,

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Child of the Caucasus, and bind them all

Into a tussie-mussie packed and tight

And envy not the orchid’s rich delight.”

Vita Sackville-West.   The Garden.

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