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Show IN THE LAND OF THE CZAR. The Primrose Does Not Flourish There Amber Hall of an Empress. Russian air Is i cnth to primroses. Not a single little cllow bloom has been known to survive tho many attempts at-tempts to make them gtow at Tsar-skoo Tsar-skoo Selo. t,ns the Boston Herald Tho cow - ' has better luck, foi now tho gardens tiro pin pie with lllaca. and the golden fringe of laburnum hedges the grass, starred by thousands thou-sands of the white nnd g..M marguerite marguer-ite A writer, describes this residence of tho czar as "enchanting." In tho great palace which Catherine 11 built Is the far-famed amber hall. The walls are covered from Moor to cornice cor-nice with mosaic work. of different kinds of nmber. The furniture Is foimed of the same beautiful material. Huge mirrors, framed In amber, reflect re-flect the delicate gradations of trans-lucenl trans-lucenl coloi Few people are aware how dirreicht In tone and tint amber can bo. |