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make a list of the plants as you find them in flower. 
Put down the date of each blossom as it appears, and 
the place where you find it. If you begin to do this as 
children, and keep it up when you are older, you will 
take real delight in the habit. Each year it will interest 
you more and more to turn back to the old lists and 
discover whether the flowers are on time, or whether 
they are late or early in making their first appearance. 
I hope your teacher will start you at once with such 
a list; for the sooner you begin, the more complete will 
be your pleasure in this delightful season. 
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every child who has the luck to be in 
season. 
the country at this time. 
There is a clean, sweet smell in the air. Down 
in the boggy meadow, just before nightfall, the 
little frogs sing so loud that you wonder if they 
are trying to make you believe the birds have come back. 
The brook is getting a bright green border. The 
buds on the trees are so big that you feel sure in a few 
