The Larch jiid Ljdics of the z/Jnini Familv 



living thing to extend to us a vernal greeting, actu- 

 ally braving the barriers of ice to bring us the mes- 

 sage which it receives from mother earth long 

 before the wood flower hears it in the south wind or 

 the lisp of the bluebird tells it to the trees. For 

 this reason, if no other, we should welcome our 

 purple-mottled, hooded blossom, even though it is 

 not graced with perfume nor blest with a poetic 

 name and has not been fitted by nature to appear to 

 advantage in a button-hole. 

 .?!, If you are disposed to question its right to the 

 MM i^^i'i'i^' <^^f blossom, compare it with the beautiful calla, 

 and you will at once recognize their kinship. 



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