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long, the budding part short, for its season is 

 near the close. Life, present work, is now in 

 the flowering part; duty performed, finished 

 work, in the seed part; promises or hopes for 

 the future in the buds. Only the present bloom- 

 ing part, that which is active, is beautiful. That 

 is the part attractive to the human eye in the 

 plant as well as in the human. What are you 

 doing? Be up and at work. Live not upon 

 a past reputation. Chance not your happiness 

 upon the budding unlived future, which may 

 be seared by a night's hoar frost into something 

 dull and dead. 



The ''Symbols of Nature's Hues," is a theme 

 which to a painter's brush or a poet's pen 

 should yield inspiration noble. Green stands 

 for youth, for cells rich in protoplasm and 

 chlorophyll, strong in the power of storing 

 energy, potent in the factor of growth. For 

 that reason green is ever welcome for it is the 

 hue of promise, of hope, of growth and work, 

 of life yet to be, of crops of the future. It is 

 the garb of springtime, the garb in which 

 mother earth delights to clothe herself after 

 her winter's sleep. 



Yellow and blue, orange and red, represent 

 maturity, the harvest time. Growth has ceased. 

 Energy is stored. Cells are full of starch and 

 protein, of food and power. These hues should 

 also stand for peace and content, for happiness 



