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THE YOUNG FLORIST. 



influence, and I want all my senses to enjoy 

 this fine day. 



//. The early Tulip looks lively, but much 

 inferior to the stately late ones, which now only 

 show their green buds. VV e will go and sow T 

 our seeds, and make some observations in our 

 new garden, and then, if this east wind does 

 not cheat us out of our pleasant day, (for I per- 

 ceive it has this moment changed into that 

 quarter,) we will see what we can find to 

 amuse us in the fields and woods. , 



The seeds sown today are those in the cat- 

 alogue with this mark, J. (See pages 22 — 27.J 



The perennials in bloom, were Violets of 

 different kinds, among which, the double sweet 

 scented arrested their attention, before they 

 reached the spot ; the flowers of this sort are 

 used by chemists to detect an acid or an alkali. 



The Dwarf Phlox, the pink and the white 5 

 were beginning to show their lively flowers, 



