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Midsummer 



is interesting to observe the 

 manner in which the flowers 

 express the dominant mood of 

 the season. The early ones, 

 as has been noticed already, are chilly- 

 looking, shy, tentative ; charming with the 

 shrinking, uncertain charm of an Ameri- 

 can spring. Those of the later year are 

 distinctly hardy, braced to meet cold 

 winds and nipping nights. While those 

 of midsummer those which are abroad 

 now have caught the hot look of flame, 

 or of the sun itself, or at times the 

 deep blue of the sky. 



Of course there are exceptions to this 

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