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Show VARYINO COLORS FOR SEASONS. jH Hue of Flowera Deepen aa the H Months Advance. iH The colors of flowera and leaves fH offer number! of Interesting problems H No ono qulto knows why tho prevail- H Ing that ot early spring flowera la '1 either while or yellow. Yellow, In H deed, holds Ita own to aomo extent H all through the summer, but the typt- H cal color of summer bloom la pink, ,H while aa the autumn advance! richer ,H crimsons nnd all the rich, glowing H huei of dahllai and chrysanthemum! JH are seen H Horticulturists have produced pop- H plea of pretty nearly every shade un- jH der sun, and with many other flowers H they seem able la alter the colon at- H most aa they please Yet the blue H roso, the black tulip and tho green H carnation seem as far off aa over they H were In spite ot constant effort! to H arrive at them. Nearly three cen- H turlei ago Dutch gardener! Imagined H themselves on the vergo of Inventing H a black tulip M The colors ot tho llonomi of fruit H Ireci are limited to while, pink, bright M scarlet and purple The reason no H one knows Nor la It clear why near H ly all plants with purple blossoms B have poisonous properties Tho dead- H ly nightshade li an Initanco which H will be familiar la all country read H ers I'rarson'a Weekly H |