. Flowers of the field and forest [microform]. Fleurs sauvages; Botany; Botanique; Wild flowers. Flowers of the Field and Forest. ? 9 9 INTRODUCTION. Spring briiini, my BurrouKha, "wh»ii the partnd« drum«; whon the hyla peein; when thf ahad itart up the rivem. and ihe sra«« (Tc«n« in the apnng rune; and il enda when the learen are unfaldin« and the last â nowflake dieeolvea in ; Like Kanter, therefore, aprin« ia â movable fe»»t, not to be welcomed at »ny fljed d«te. No almannc, however, is needed to tell u« ihnr the hrceth of apring ia in the air. Kren before th
. Flowers of the field and forest [microform]. Fleurs sauvages; Botany; Botanique; Wild flowers. Flowers of the Field and Forest. ? 9 9 INTRODUCTION. Spring briiini, my BurrouKha, "wh»ii the partnd« drum«; whon the hyla peein; when thf ahad itart up the rivem. and ihe sra«« (Tc«n« in the apnng rune; and il enda when the learen are unfaldin« and the last â nowflake dieeolvea in ; Like Kanter, therefore, aprin« ia â movable fe»»t, not to be welcomed at »ny fljed d«te. No almannc, however, is needed to tell u« ihnr the hrceth of apring ia in the air. Kren before the catkina unfold and the bud* â¢well, the epirit "f growth calU to us to rome forth and witness n''ture'it miraj-Ie. ITien, if ever, we are H'.m wiiii a longing to know the world which lie. around ua, and in our walka every wood and meadow provea to be an undiaeovercd (Wintry, full of tr«anire« for the traveller "ho hoa ⢠aeemg eye end > hearing ear. lint notwithicanding an almoat universal hunger for a knowledge of the world thit lie« around ua, the majority are a« blind tneri who »ay there ia no auch >hing aa sight. A hint, however, often leade to the (Imcovery of new beautiea m every day ob. jects ^ "We are made eo, that we love I tirut, when we see them painted, things we have paased Perhaps a hundred times, nor cared to see.'' So, «-Jth but little .tudy, we may find | hidden m a flower all the mystery of life Tt>d of death. To us, it is no- longer mere- ly a iretty apecimen; it lives and breathes jnd moves; it has it« loves and hatea, its fncmiis and it« foes; it struggles for its , and adapts itself to circum- =; it flouriahefi in congenial sur- rmindinfcS, but languishes and dire, m anv ! place foreign to its nature. To know ii plant implies meeting it in its home i mg Its pecnlianties, learning its family his- tory, recognizing its relations, and beeoni.
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