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PLANTS AND INSECTS 
them open. From Para alone more than fifty millions of these nuts, 
it is estimated, are exported annually, in addition to the large quanti¬ 
ties which leave other Brazilian harbors. Besides being used as a food, 
the nut yields a fine oil, highy valued for cooking, and used by watch¬ 
makers and artists. 
We marvel at the economy of God in creating fruits that can be 
useful in so many different ways. 
O LOVELY AUTUMN LEAVES 
0 lovely, lovely autumn leaves! 
What makes you fly away? 
You make the earth so beautiful; 
Why don’t you always stay? 
You don your very loveliest robes 
Before you say good-by, 
Then turning, leave us all alone 
To weep for you and sigh. 
‘ The summer’s roses all have gone, 
But then we did not mind; 
We knew you would be coming soon 
On every autumn wind. 
You fill: the air with fragrance sweet 
And carpet earth with cheer; 
We can not have one thought of gloom 
So long as you are here. 
But when you fly, 0 autumn leaves! 
Old Winter comes apace 
And brings, unasked, a rug of snow 
To shroud your cheery place. 
0 lovely, lovely autumn leaves ! 
What makes you fly away? 
You make! the heart so warm and glad; 
Please, won’t you always stay? 
—Clara M. Brooks. 
