. St. Nicholas [serial]. faith-ful to my duty. Our mullein is persistent in gaining appreciation. The goldenrods of our dried garden, with their wealth of <sSfluffiness and the dark brown stems and leaves, are exquisitelybeautiful. It is a beauty, however, that must be admired in - trthe natural surroundings. We cannot carry it away to good Vadvantage. The dried goldenrod is too dainty and fragile. Then the clematis. How decorative are those plumes! How fas-cinating is the festooning on the clumps of alder-bushes! And the hawk-weeds, bright gold inthe summer and old gold now—which color ist


. St. Nicholas [serial]. faith-ful to my duty. Our mullein is persistent in gaining appreciation. The goldenrods of our dried garden, with their wealth of <sSfluffiness and the dark brown stems and leaves, are exquisitelybeautiful. It is a beauty, however, that must be admired in - trthe natural surroundings. We cannot carry it away to good Vadvantage. The dried goldenrod is too dainty and fragile. Then the clematis. How decorative are those plumes! How fas-cinating is the festooning on the clumps of alder-bushes! And the hawk-weeds, bright gold inthe summer and old gold now—which color isthe better ? But we must stop, or thelist will be too long and even then not ~~%,,., fully chronicle all the beauty. You must ~v£$$ go out and see it. So you can bid good- by, in this last month of winter, to 1902s annualflora—still beautiful in its aged days. Our lovefor last years flowers seems almost to have re-turned to us, for our dried garden beauties willinger into late spring as if unwilling to leave us. 361.


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