MARCH 55- 



save for here and there, where the white-rock is tipped with 

 bloom, and the crocus is keeping its golden petals tightly 

 closed from the bitter wind. And the pink almond, usually 

 one of the most lovely of flowers that accompany the daffodil, 

 seems to be a long way off from flowering ; its pink stars 

 that, shining in the year's dawn sky, tell of the near loveliest 

 time of all the year. 



