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CONTENTS. 
GINGER (By Dr. Albert Schneider) [Illustration] 
SAP ACTION (By Fred. A. Watt) . : : 
EMERSON AND THE WOODPECKER STORY 
CRAB-EATING OPOSSUM [Illustration] ~. : ‘ 
WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN (By Emily C. Thompscn) 
GEOGRAPHIC TURTLE [Illustration] Fé 
NOSES (By W. E. Watt) . . + pe = Sh . 
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THE HELPLESS (By Elanora K. Marble}. ~ : of fp oe 
F EBRUARY ° ° ° © a 
IRIS [Illustration] . Aree 
THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS . 
PEACOCK (By Anna R. Henderson) 
OWLS (By John Winthrop Scott) 
DUCK MOLE | [Illustration] 
HIBERNATION OF ANIMALS P a ; 
CAPE MAY WARBLER (By Lynds Jones) [Illustration] 
SNOWFLAKES (Poem by John Vance Cheney) ‘ ‘ 
A TIMELY WARNING . ° . ; 
A WINTER STUDY (By Olive Thorne Miller) 
FIVE LITTLE WOODMEN (By E. F. Mosby) 
NUTS [Illustration] ; : ‘ - 
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BLACK WALNUT 
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