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tow, likewise without top-coats, to their 

 relief and glee, we find the Scleranthus 

 annuus brightening. What a name to roll 

 under the tongue, and what nonsense to 

 give it to such a little, harmless plant ! 

 Also we find springing grass in warm cor- 

 ners, a few feet from old snowdrifts partly 

 glaciated to a depth of three or four feet. 

 But the find of the day is a caterpillar 

 moving stiffly over an old newspaper. 

 Where was he quartered all winter ? And 

 only last night there was a tight freeze. 

 Clarence and Harold carry this creature in- 

 to the house and put him under a tumbler, 

 as partial offset for the loss of the turtle. 

 The second turtle they brought from New 

 Jersey would come into the house in the 

 fall whenever a door was opened, instead 

 of burying himself as he would have done 

 if he had never learned that houses were 

 warm. We wrapped him in carpets, put 

 him into a box, and he went to sleep ; but 

 during some zero weather his slumber 

 merged into the long one. His predecessor 

 was kept in a warm cellar, and did not 

 hibernate. He did worse he died. 

 On the night of this same March day 



