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It looks as if perhaps they were even strengthened by the burning
The ashes may have given them something they neededI've got to
find
outI've got so much to learn Scarlett looked at the low stubby
remainsShe didn't know those dark green shiny leaves
"What kind of tree is it? Do you grow peaches here?"
"They're not treesScarlett, they're shrubsThe first
ones ever brought to America were planted here at Dunmore Landing
These are offshoots, over three hundred all told
"Do you mean they're flowers?"
"Of courseThe most nearly perfect flower in the world
The Chinese worship them
"But you can't eat flowersWhat crops are you planting?"
"I can't think about cropsI've got a hundred acres of garden to
save
"That's crazy, RhettWhat's a flower garden good for? You could
grow
something to sellI know cotton doesn't grow 'round here, but there
must be some good cash crop
Why, at Tara, we put every foot of land to useYou could plant right
up to the walls of the houseJust look how green and thick that grass
isThe land must be as rich as anythingAll you'd have to do is
plow it and drop in the seed, and it would probably sprout faster than
you could get out of the way She looked eagerly at him, ready to
share her hard-earned knowl
