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as they do, the best bow the garden cau make. 

 But the variety of leaves that appear in the dif- 

 ferent growths is a sort of school that I enjoy 

 attending. Each has its own way of telling what 

 it is, and each is fashioned after a pattern "seen 

 in the mount." "Why not a revelation — every 

 leaf, every vegetable, all the growth of things 

 unseen ? Why not a school replete with law and 

 gospel ? 



I have seen it stated that the rose-breasted 

 grosbeak, whenever the opportunity offers, feasts 

 upon the potato-bugs. How true the statement 

 is I do not know, but if the fact be as stated it 

 does seem as though the fellow's taste had gotten 

 largely astray. Of course I have no real concep- 

 tion of the flavor of this species of bug. It may 

 be of a luscious character and no doubt the bird 

 so regards it. The potato-bugs are scarce this 

 year and as a matter of fact so are the grosbeaks. 

 Like other birds, the fellow may go where he 

 finds his favorite food abundant. By the way, 

 what a curious package of life the potato-bug 

 is. I know of but one attractive thing in his 

 make-up. He wears a suit that shows a stroke 

 of color all right. Otherwise he seems like a soft 



