MARCH. 



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woodland where we built our rustic arbor last 

 season, to the hill where we haye so often en- 

 joyed ourselves in gathering wild flowers, and 

 making them into garlands, under the shade of 

 the beautiful clump of trees that adorn its" 

 brow. 



M. Now for your plan, which is uppermost 

 in my mind. 



H. You always seem to be pleased with 

 flowers and the operations of the garden ; and 

 it seems strange to me that any person can be 

 insensible to the profusion of beauty, which 

 God, in his infinite goodness, has seen fit to 

 bestow upon flowers. The great variety of 

 colors and shades, shapes and odors, which 

 meets our eyes and perfumes the air, at every 

 step we take, should lead our admiring souls up 

 to the great Creator of all things, who seems 

 to smile in every flower we see. 



M. I have often thought, some of. my most 

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