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by the shaft, and which on bursting has thrown out these brilliant 

 balls. This plant too, is rapidly disappearing. 



It is impossible here to call attention to more of our common 

 spring forms. Let it suffice to urge upon you, good reader, that 

 you undertake earnestly to know them all as they grow. Go into 

 the woodland and meadow, and follow the stream courses, to look 



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Fig. 1 1 . You cannot escape the Shooting Star 



for them. Pluck them with your eye, and gather them together 

 in your soul. Let them be for you a part of the great wonderland 

 of the out-of-doors, full of new things, abounding in new experi- 

 ences. So shall these various flowers be left to perpetuate their 

 kind, that future generations may know them as you have known 

 them, and your wanderings afield will serve more closely to link 

 you with the spirit of the season of Spring. 



