ACCORDING TO SEASON 



figure against the hazy background would have 

 seemed equally full of poetry and suggestion had 

 we never seen Millet's painting. 



We flashed by a bank recently burned over, so 

 that no shrubs or debris obscured its fresh growth. 

 Liverwort From the black slope, star-like, gem-like, distinct 

 and symmetrical, sprang the delicate flowers of 

 the liverwort, recalling vividly one of the Fra 

 Angelico foregrounds. 



We crossed a swamp where bright marsh-mari- 

 golds huddled together on little islands. In the 

 woods beyond, the huge leaves of the skunk-cab- 

 bage made patches of bright green. As a native 

 foliage-plant the skunk-cabbage is surpassed only 

 by the false hellebore, whose fresh-looking many- 

 plaited leaves were just unfolding in these same 

 woods. 



One of the most satisfying features of the ride 

 was the constant companionship of brooks big and 

 little, brooks that ran full and swift, with the 

 repletion of melting snows and the sparkle of a 

 spring morning. Watching these brooks, the old 

 trite expressions forced themselves into one's 

 mind — " unlocked," " unbound," " laughing," " bab- 

 bling," " chattering." From time immemorial 

 man has loved these overflowing brooks, and has 

 tried, not altogether without success, to interpret 

 their inevitable charm. 



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Foliage 

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Brooks 



