. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers . ,HE advent oftrue April days is not to be welcomed by the almanac-the season when the sod gives forthits tinctured incense, when the Aprilshowers bring odorous responses fromroots and quickening seeds; when the rocksand bark of trees and even the decayingleaves have a breath and a perfume. Itbegins, says Burroughs, when the par-tridge drums; when the hyla peeps; whenthe shad start up the rivers, and the grass greens in thespring runs; and it ends when the leaves are unfoldingand the last snow-flake dissolv
. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers . ,HE advent oftrue April days is not to be welcomed by the almanac-the season when the sod gives forthits tinctured incense, when the Aprilshowers bring odorous responses fromroots and quickening seeds; when the rocksand bark of trees and even the decayingleaves have a breath and a perfume. Itbegins, says Burroughs, when the par-tridge drums; when the hyla peeps; whenthe shad start up the rivers, and the grass greens in thespring runs; and it ends when the leaves are unfoldingand the last snow-flake dissolves in mid-air. The dandelion has been accepted as the first floralpledge of blithesome May. What is the true feather-ed pledge of April? Authorities differ. With Emerson,
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