IN NEW ENGLAND FIELDS 

 AND WOODS 



THE NAMELESS SEASON 



In the March page of our almanac, op- 

 posite the 20th of the month we find the 

 bold assertion, " Now spring begins ; " 

 but in the northern part of New England, 

 for which this almanac was especially 

 compiled, the weather does not bear out 

 the statement. 



The snow may be gone from the fields 

 except in grimy drifts, in hollows and along 

 fences and woodsides ; but there is scarcely 

 a sign of spring in the nakedness of pas- 

 ture, meadow, and ploughed land, now 

 more dreary in the dun desolation of life- 

 less grass, debris of stacks, and black fur- 

 rows than when the first snow covered the 

 lingering greenness of December. 



