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The Fern Garden. 



To the observant mind there is nothing trivial or paltry 

 in nature, and the growth of a fern seed is the beginning 

 of a mysterious life, the end of which no man can pre- 

 dicate or understand. 



Behold ! we know not anything ; 



I can but trust that good shall fall 

 At last— far off— at last, to all, 



And every winter change to spring. 





ADIANTUM EXOISTTM MTJLTIPnUTM. 



