CONTENTS 
An Opening Word 
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The Spirit of Spring ♦ 
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3 
The Skunk Cabbage 
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6 
The Pitcher Plant 
4 4 
8 
Birds of the Season 
4 4 
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Unappreciated Flowers 
4 4 
14 
Nature's Revival ♦ 
4 4 
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A Suburban Ramble 
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Diminutive Beavers 
4 4 
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The American Mergansers 
4 4 
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28 
The Awakening Year . 
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The Voice of the Silence 
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The Blood-root . 
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37 
“ Ya honk ! Ya honk ! Ya honk ! ” 
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Sudden Summer ♦ 
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42 
A Song of the Night ♦ 
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An Indolent River 
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A Season of Growth . 
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As the Year Grows 
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The Dandelion . 
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A Summer Resident 
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The Night-hawk . 
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Nature's Beneficence * 
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Don't Pluck It ♦ 
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A Record of Time 
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A Day in June 
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Melodrama and Tragedy 
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84 
An Unfortunate Mourning Dove 
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87 
The Life of a Moth . 
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90 
Popular Tyrants 
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94 
Spotted Sandpipers 
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In a Sultry Swamp 
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A Successful Pretender 
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105 
Below Niagara 
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As they take their Flight 
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