AUTUMN 



a life from death; or seedlings testing their 

 strength by blooming a little before winter 

 comes; or others whose habit is to bloom spar- 

 ingly but continuously through the entire bloom- 

 ing season. It is at the very crest of autumn, 

 October, that our deciduous trees, having 

 changed the color of their summer cloak, cast 

 it at our feet, so preparing to meet the slings 

 and arrows of an unrelenting winter. They 

 part from the leaves whose work is ended, they 

 gather to themselves the tiny buds which hold 

 the promise of the coming year, and with all 

 the resources of the tree conserved, they stand 

 awaiting and prepared for all that fate may 

 bring. 



