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world seems richer now that I have found this plan 

 : in so noble a landscape." 



And so it seemed to the old botanist who came 

 vx five hundred miles to find the tiny pyxie in the sandy 

 ^swamps of southern New Jersey. So it will seem to 

 you the whole world will not only seem richer, 

 but will be richer for you when you have found 

 the witch-hazel bush all covered with summer's gold 

 in the bleak woods of November. 



VII 



You ought to see a big pile of golden pumpkins 

 un some farmhouse shed or beside the great barn door. 



You ought to see a field of corn in the shock; hay 

 in a barn mow; the jars of fruit, the potatoes, 

 apples, and great chunks of wood in the farmhouse, 

 cellar. You ought to see how a farmer gets ready 

 for the winter the comfort, the plenty, the suf- 

 ficiency of it all ! 



