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cording to different shades of color. Such 

 beauty of painting and texture! Such endless 

 variety of leaf forms ! They are a constant 

 source of wonder and delight. 



' ' If die we must, ' ' the leaflets 



Seem one b}^ one to say; 

 "We will wear the colors of gladness, 



Until we pass away. 

 No eye shall see us falter; 



And before we lay it down, 

 We'll wear, in sight of all the earth, 



The year 's most kingly crown. ' ' 



— Sangster. 



