Quote #1582 about flowers by Alice Morse Earle
"The grape Hyacinth is the favorite spring flower of my garden - but no! I though a minute ago the Scilla was! and what place has the Violet? the Flower de Luce? I cannot decide, but this I know - it is some blue flower."by Alice Morse Earle
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