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CHAPTER II. 
MARCH. 
How delightful it is to feel the first breath of spring, or 
rather to anticipate it, in this month; the bitter winds, 
frosts, and snows begin to yield to the force of the sun, and 
the hope that we may soon again wander in the fields and 
lanes is revived, and our accustomed rambles impatiently 
looked forward to as a source of real delight. Though 
every contented and well-regulated mind may find pleasure 
out of doors, during even the dreary weather of the winter 
months, still those fond of botanizing must welcome the 
period when they may return from a walk, laden either with 
their old favourites (which revive memories of the past) or 
with new species, the peculiarities of which they may be 
auxious to examine. There is not a purer or more im- 
