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April 29, 1852. The season is most forward at the 

 Second Division Brook, where the cowslip is in blos- 

 som, — and nothing yet planted at home, — these 

 bright-yellow suns of the meadow, in rich clusters, 

 their flowers contrasting with the green leaves, from 

 amidst the all-producing, dark-bottomed water. A 

 flower-fire bursting up, as if through crevices in the 

 meadow. They are very rich, seen in the meadow 

 where they grow, and the most conspicuous flower 

 at present, but held in the hand they are rather 

 coarse. But their yellow and green are really rich, 

 and in the meadow they are the most delicate objects. 

 Their bright yellow is something incredible when 

 first beheld. 



Journal, iii, 479, 480. 



