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THE YOUNG FLORIST. 



gather a few blossoms of Heart's Ease, and to 

 hear the notes of the blue bird and sparrow, who 

 seemed to proclaim the speedy approach of 

 spring. 



Iu the meantime Henry prepared his num- 

 ber sticks, which he did in the following man- 

 ner. Having procured some refuse shingles, 

 he split them into strips an inch wide, and 

 sharpening the thin end, smoothed one side of 

 the other end with his jack-knife ; and then 

 with a small brush rubbed some white lead 

 paint on the smooth side, and with his black 

 lead pencil wrote the number upon the paint 

 and laid them away to dry. — The number 

 thus written will last as long as the stick. 



His flower seeds, which had been neatly done 

 up in paper bags and wrote upon as they were 

 gathered, were marked with the number set 

 against their respective names in the catalogue 

 given, and laid away against the time of need. 



