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THE YOUNG FLORIST. 



H. It opens about seven or eight o'clock, 

 and continues from one to four in the after- 

 noon, depending upon the heat of the sun. — 

 We shall have it in perfection for three months 

 to come. 



M. The sun begins to be uncomfortably 

 warm, and 1 mustjgo to the house. I will 

 take one of the Wild Roses and add to mv 

 nosegay, and present it to mother. . . . 



H. How busy the hay-makers are in yonder 

 meadow; I am going to spread swarths for them. 



31. I admire to hear the sound of the whet- 

 ting scythe, and smell the fragrance of the new 

 made hay. Goldsmith says he pities the per- 

 son whose taste is so perverted as to prefer 

 the smell of musk, civet, &c. to the delicious 

 fragrance of new mown hay, the Sweet Briar, 

 the Honeysuckle, and the Rose ; and whose 

 ears are ravished by the squeaking fiddle, 

 but will be offended by the notes of the 



