CONTENTS. 



I. PRIMROSE TIME i 



II. THE RETURN OF THE SWALLOWS .... 7 



III. THE BEGINNINGS OF SPRING 13 



IV. WILD HYACINTHS ....... 19 



V. THE TROUT JUMP . 26 



VI. CATKINS AND ALMOND BLOSSOM .... 32 



VII. SPRING FLOWERS 37 



VIII. RHUBARB SPROUTS 42 



IX. THE SWALLOWS AGAIN 47 



X. THE GREEN LEAF 53 



XI. THE FLOWERING OF THE GRASSES . . . .58 



XII. THE SUBMERGED FOREST 65 



XIII. A SUMMER TRIP 70 



XIV. THE CLOVER BLOOMS ...... 76 



XV. EARLY SEEDTIME 83 



XVI. A SQUIRREL'S NEST 89 



XVII. FOES IN THE HAYFIELD 95 



XVIII. HAYMAKING BEGINS * 102 



XIX. THE MOLE AT HOME ....... 109 



XX. JULY FLOWERS 115 



XXI. CHERRIES ARE RIPE 12.2 



XXII. DOG-ROSE AND BRAMBLES 128 



XXIII. SUNDEW AND BUTTERWORT 135 



XXIV. WHITE RABBITS AND WHITE HARES . . .141 



