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THE BLOSSOM MONTH 



~NCIENT man, when 

 he made the orchard, 

 builded better than he 

 knew. He planted for 

 the body and he reaped 

 for the mind as well. 

 Unconsciously he gath- 

 ered about the home 

 his little stock of fruit-trees, and left the 

 more distant part of the farm for his other 

 crops. Each returning spring surrounds 

 him with a wealth of charm which appeals 

 even to those who scarcely realize that 

 they care for flowers. When an old home- 

 stead nestles in a bower of apple- and 

 peach- and cherry-trees, its May beauty is 

 sweeter and more fragrant than the most 

 elegant of parterres can make the finest 

 of villas. 



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