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this book and does not already know the willows, the 
alders, and the birches, will make their acquaintance 
examine their two 
And I hope that 
different trees will 
this spring, and will 
kinds of — flowers. 
branches from the 
be brought into the 
that all can see these 
city schoolroom, so 
flowers, which are 
among the very earli- Est (Of they year 
SEES 
y 2 . 4.2- > 3 we 
t= 
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THe GREAT “TREES 
OST people seem surprised to learn that all kinds 
of trees have flowers. In March and April they 
go to the woods in search of the trailing arbutus, the 
violet, the anemone; and when they have picked a 
quantity of these, they come home and say, “ These are 
the only flowers we saw to-day.” 
But if they had looked overhead, up into the trees, 
they would have seen many more; for each tree has its 
own flower, and most of the trees blossom very early in 
DANA’S PLANTS. — 14 
