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same spot several days later, columbines, miterwcrt 

 and groundnut, and also sweet white violets, 

 downy yellow and lance -leaved violets, were 

 added to the list and were followed by bellworts 

 and wood-betony. This was in northern New 

 Jersey. Meanwhile I had seen only the common 

 blue violets in the Connecticut Valley, while in 

 eastern Massachusetts the w r ood-anemones were not 

 in bloom, and the leaf of the columbine had just 

 appeared above the soil. This particular spot was 

 evidently a sort of natural forcing ground where 

 the columbine was made to bloom with the blood- 

 root. What becomes of your flower calendar here ? 

 Looking still for signs of spring, I came full upon 

 the fickle goddess herself. 



Before we know it, the migration of warblers 

 has begun and the keen ear detects their thin wiry 

 notes. But this is not so much a sign as it is the 

 fulfilling of prophecies. 



