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Midsummer 



[T is interesting to observe the 

 manner in which the flowers 

 express the dominant mood of 

 the season. The early ones, 

 as has been noticed already, are chilly- 

 looking, shy, tentative ; charming with the 

 shrinking, uncertain charm of an Ameri- 

 can spring. Those of the later year are 

 distinctly hardy, braced to meet cold 

 winds and nipping nights. While those 

 of midsummer — those which are abroad 

 now — have caught the hot look of flame, 

 or of the sun itself, or — at times — the 

 deep blue of the sky. 



Of course there are exceptions to this 

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