. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers; . er. No. 4 is the urn-shaped kernel of the 5, the large samara of the elm, though you will findfew of them in the winter. No. 6, a pine seed. No. 7,a buttercup seed. No. 8, with its rough conical bodyand fine-toothed crown, is the pretty seed of the sneeze-weed, which certainly deserves a place among our mead-ow snuff. No. 9 has come from a sedge. No. 10 wasblown from the ash-tree, perhaps half a mile 11 will be remembered as another of those friendly beggar-ticks. No. 12 was once in t
. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers; . er. No. 4 is the urn-shaped kernel of the 5, the large samara of the elm, though you will findfew of them in the winter. No. 6, a pine seed. No. 7,a buttercup seed. No. 8, with its rough conical bodyand fine-toothed crown, is the pretty seed of the sneeze-weed, which certainly deserves a place among our mead-ow snuff. No. 9 has come from a sedge. No. 10 wasblown from the ash-tree, perhaps half a mile 11 will be remembered as another of those friendly beggar-ticks. No. 12 was once in the centre of amay-weed blossom. No. 13 is one of that flutteringswarm from the seed, cone of the tulip-tree. In No. 14we have the dainty packet which holds the seed treas-ure of the pig-weed. The tooth-crowned fruit of cich-ory is shown at 15; a wingless milk-weed seed at 16;that of the smart-weed at 17. And we leave the read-er to guess at the long line of other representativesfrom grasses and sedges and other sources; and, likemy little flock of birds, to take his pick among them. y. ini^iyrfs^l CURIOUS SPECKS ONTHE SNOW
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