TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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1. PUSSY WILLOW . -3 



2. PUSSY WILLOW (Poetry) . 5 



3. THE LILAC TWIG 



4. THE LIMA BEAN . 9 



5. THE HORSE-CHESTNUT TWIG . . n 



6. THE ELDERBERRY BUDS ; ' 1 3 



7. THE BEAN PLANT . > 1 5 



8. THE STRAW, THE COAL, AND THE BEAN . 17 



9. THE PEA VINE . 20 



10. THE PEA BLOSSOM 



11. A LAUGHING CHORUS (Poetry) 27 



12. MOTHER NATURE'S BABY FERNS 29 



13. MARSH MARIGOLD . . 3 1 



14. MAY (Poetry) . 34 



15. THE VIOLET ... -35 



1 6. THE YELLOW VIOLET (Poetry) . . 3$ 



17. HEPATICA STORY . 4 



1 8. HEPATICA (Poetry) 42 



19. THE CARY TREE (Arbor Day) . 43 



20. WHAT KATE HEARD THE FLOWERS SAY . 45 



21. THE TRILLIUM ... -47 



22. THE DANDELION . . 49 



23. LEGEND OF THE DANDELION . 5 2 



24. THE DANDELION (Poetry) . 54 



