antr out of tf)e <artien. 



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roy, the only coat of mail with which one can 

 wade comparatively unscathed through the gant- 

 let of these tramps and ruffians of the field. 



The everlasting is white with flower in the 

 pastures, and on sunny upland slopes rank upon 

 rank of mullein-spires tower above the carpet of 

 fragrant pennyroyal. Along the water- courses 

 Heliopsis Icevis has set its fringe of gold, visible 

 from afar, the avant-courier of the pageant of 

 autumn that will come in a tidal wave of color 

 to brighten the declining year. 



