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The perennials for the first part of April were 

 red and yellow Crown Imperial, different va- 

 rieties of the Crocus, Snow Drop, Persian Iris, 

 Heart's Ease, exotics ; and Liverwort and 

 Blood Root, indigenous ; and for the latter 

 part of the month, Hyacinth of different kinds, 

 Narcissus, Venus's Navel Wort and Corydalis, 

 exotic ; and Wild Anemone, and Violets, from 

 the woods. About the middle of the month, 

 Henry and his sister were in the garden, be- 

 fore school, sowing the seeds with this mark, f« 

 There had been much unpleasant weather 

 the past fortnight, cold storms of rain and 

 even snow, — but they found that some of the 

 seeds that had been sown had begun to vege- 

 tate. It was necessary to rake the ground a 

 little before sowing, as it had become hard on 

 the surface by the frequent rains. While thus 

 engaged, they were startled by an immense 

 flock of red winged black-birds, sweeping sud- 



