THE SEASON OF FLOWERS 



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leaves. You need not fear that you will exter- 

 minate them. Next spring there will be just 

 as many, and plenty for all who come. And take 

 all the children you know with you, lest one of 



them should ever send a pang to your heart by 

 saying, as a sweet city child of fourteen once 

 said to me very wistfully, "But, Miss Emily, I 

 never saw violets growing." 



The most beautiful of the flowers in the ra- 



