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NATURE STUDY MADE EASY 



As the months go by, new green leaves 

 are formed, branches shoot out, and by the 

 fall, another young maple has begun its life 

 work. We should protect these baby trees 

 and help them to grow. Some day they will 

 be branching trees as big as those we now 

 know, and we may be glad to sit under their 

 shade. 



Winged Seeds 



MAPLE SEEDLING 



Oh, gold-green wings, and bronze-green wings, 



And rose-tinged wings, that down the breeze 



Come sailing from the maple trees ! 



You showering things, you shimmering things, 



That June-time always brings ! 



Oh, are you seeds that seek the earth, 



The shade of lovely leaves to spread ? 



Or shining angels, that had birth 



When kindly words were said ? 



Oh, downy dandelion wings, 

 Wild-floating wings like silver spun, 

 That dance and glisten in the sun ! 

 You airy things, you elfin things, 

 That June-time always brings ! 

 Oh, are you seeds that seek the earth, 

 The light of laughing flowers to spread? 

 Or flitting fairies, that had birth 

 When merry words were said ? 



HELEN GRAY CONE in St. Nicholas. 



