AND HIS PLANT SCHOOL 



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So here they found themselves in the plant school, in a 

 most delightful California climate, where they could all 

 be together in the open, 

 and enjoy the fragrant 

 breeze and the glorious 

 sunshine, and just grow 

 and grow. 



Some of them had 

 known little of outdoor 

 life before, having been 

 shut up in the stuffy 

 air of a hothouse. Some 

 had grown in the cold 

 North. What a joy to 

 breathe in the balmy air 

 and to drink the dew, 

 with no fear of being 

 withered by heat or 

 pinched with cold. 



Sweetest perfume was A native Pacific coast 



sent forth by some of them, while most of them had no 

 odor at all. 



They were an odd-looking lot in form and color no 

 two alike. The California lilies felt their importance, we 

 are sure, for they were at home, and all the others were 

 their guests. Then, too, they were to assist their teacher 

 largely in training the strangers to new ways. Little 



