Chapter I: Front Matter

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OTHER BOOKS FOR GIRLS BY

MARION AMES TAGGART

_Issued by Doubleday, Page & Company_

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_Issued by Other Publishers_

THE WYNDHAM GIRLS
MISS LOCHINVAR
MISS LOCHINVAR’S RETURN
NUT-BROWN JOAN
DADDY’S DAUGHTERS
PUSSY CAT TOWN
THE NANCY BOOKS (Five volumes)
SIX GIRL SERIES (Seven volumes)
LOYAL BLUE AND ROYAL SCARLET
HER DAUGHTER JEAN
BETH’S WONDER WINTER
BETH’S OLD HOME

HOLLYHOCK HOUSE

_A Story for Girls_

BY
MARION AMES TAGGART

ILLUSTRATED BY
FRANCES ROGERS

GARDEN CITY NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1916

_Copyright, 1916, by_
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

_All rights reserved, including that of
translation into foreign languages,
including the Scandinavian_

_Dedicated
with love to
Florence Ames_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. “THE ROSEBUD GARDEN OF GIRLS” 3

II. “WHO LOVES A GARDEN LOVES A GREENHOUSE, TOO” 20

III. “A ROSEBUD SET WITH LITTLE WILFUL THORNS” 37

IV. “HOME AT EVENING’S CLOSE TO SWEET REPAST
AND CALM REPOSE” 57

V. “SWEET AS ENGLISH AIR COULD MAKE HER” 75

VI. “SOMETHING BETWEEN A HINDRANCE AND A HELP” 95

VII. “’TIS JUST LIKE A SUMMER BIRD CAGE IN
A GARDEN” 111

VIII. “AND ADD TO THESE RETIRED LEISURE, THAT IN
TRIM GARDENS TAKES HIS PLEASURE” 129

IX. “WHOSE YESTERDAYS LOOK BACKWARD WITH A SMILE” 146

X. “’TIS BEAUTY CALLS AND GLORY SHOWS THE WAY” 165

XI. “HE NOTHING COMMON DID OR MEAN” 183

XII. “AND LEARN THE LUXURY OF DOING GOOD” 199

XIII. “WISE TO RESOLVE AND PATIENT TO PERFORM” 215

XIV. “OUR ACTS OUR ANGELS ARE, OR GOOD OR ILL” 233

XV. “FRAGRANT THE FERTILE EARTH AFTER SOFT SHOWERS” 250

XVI. “IMPLORES THE PASSING TRIBUTE OF A SIGH” 267

XVII. “RICH WITH THE SPOILS OF NATURE” 285

XVIII. “AND FEEL THAT I AM HAPPIER THAN I KNOW” 302

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

“‘Not such tall, tall girls, my daughters!’” _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE
“‘What time do you think the perfesh, which stop
here, rises?’” 44

“‘Mary, this is Wilfrid Willoughby who drives
splendidly, and is going to look after us this
summer.’” 174

“Those who knew her best were amazed and a little
startled” 240

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