II 



April and Early May 



^INTER excepted, there is only 

 one season when I fail to re- 

 mind myself of that " least 

 erected spirit' 7 whose 



" looks and thoughts 

 Were always downward bent ; " 



for no one who has been ever so faintly 

 touched by the desire to enlarge his 

 circle of plant - acquaintances can deny 

 that he often misses some lovely bit 

 of valley or sky, or even, it may be at 

 times, some distant prospect of surpassing 

 grandeur, because of the eagerness with 

 which he is wont to scrutinize every foot 

 of the immediate wayside. He walks, 

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