THE PUSH OF GROWTH 



which only need a hint of sun to burst and show their 

 bunches of yellow stamens. 



Though frail, it breasts the sudden spell of frost 

 and grasps a longer span of life than its companions 



by sleeping less ; for au- 

 tumn finds it still at 

 work while they who 

 later came 

 have done 

 their work 

 and gone. 

 Others too 

 are wide a- 

 wake, and under 

 shady banks the sturdy 

 tufts of wild arum leaves, 



five inches high, are fresh with shining green, but best 

 of all are primrose roots whose pointed crumpled 

 leaves hold richest promise, and here and there, per- 

 haps, a short stalked blossom. On yonder bush the 

 trails of woodbine are flecked with leaves washed 

 in silver sheen, while all around the swelling buds, 

 now richly hued, proclaim the flowing sap at work, 



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