. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers . MAPLE-SEED REVELS 5 this dancing party of maple samaras on the snowylawn, for instance. Is this an exhibition of mere bo-tanical germination, a simple seed that has sent outits baby root into the soil, and in so doing has beenobliged to take this singular position? Is it not astruly an allegory of the universal rapture of naturein this season of new birth and axvakening which isnow at hand ? No; these are not mere maple seedsthat have felt the quickening power of the south wind,but a troop of happy childre
. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers . MAPLE-SEED REVELS 5 this dancing party of maple samaras on the snowylawn, for instance. Is this an exhibition of mere bo-tanical germination, a simple seed that has sent outits baby root into the soil, and in so doing has beenobliged to take this singular position? Is it not astruly an allegory of the universal rapture of naturein this season of new birth and axvakening which isnow at hand ? No; these are not mere maple seedsthat have felt the quickening power of the south wind,but a troop of happy children literally standing on theirheads in glee. What thoughts are brewing in thoseheads, with their fur-lined caps? What deep plans fora future maple grove out there upon the lawn? Every spring their legions repeat these same express-ive revels, and yet it is only as \ve chance to see themrelieved against a late March or April snow that weever know of their pretty antics here in the grass.
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