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sure to bear a few of them after two or three 

 days' sunshine in all but the bitterest weather. 

 I do not know why this cheerful shrub, which 

 is so peculiarly adapted to warm corners and 

 sunny walls, is not more generally grown. It 

 is so clean, so free from insect enemies, and 

 so altogether desirable that I would that some 

 Society for the Propagation of Good Cheer 

 would send it forth broadcast over the land to 

 preach its gospel of good will and hopefulqess. 

 Even in the coldest days a handful of its twigs 

 brought into the house and placed in a glass 

 of water will make haste to return thanks for 

 the hospitality received, by opening its yellow 

 blossoms, and all summer long its fountainlike 

 growth makes it a thing of beauty. 



Two or three scarlet maples must stand at 

 the farther end of my garden, and close beside 

 them, well away from drains and water-pipes, 

 a willow or two, whose yellow stems will 

 brighten as the days draw near in which they 

 may toss out their catkins and push forth their 

 leaves. The old English names of sallow and 

 palm are forgotten here, the latter name being 

 given by the sweet old fashion of using the 

 green thing nearest at hand on Palm Sunday. 



