THE PUSH OF GROWTH 



JANUARY 



DOG'S MERCURY 



AND the insistence of this push of growth is very 

 wonderful ; it is not always that 



When the days begin to lengthen, 

 Then the cold begins to strengthen 



and, should the younger days of the year prove mild 

 and sunny, it is visible in many places : not so much 



seen in the open 

 country, as in the 

 woods where a 

 favourable aspect 

 and the brushwood 

 undergrowth af- 

 ford encourage- 

 ment and protec- 

 tion. 



There amongst 

 the disappearing 



lea\ 7 es the dog's mercury is in rapid growth thrusting 

 up its fresh green heads, cleverly bent in loops of 

 strength, soon to straighten out and unfurl leaves of 

 tender green, revealing tassels of tiny angular buds, 



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