. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers; . IVOULDST THOU SEE? HE seeing eie is the souls mysterie which no fiiandivineth, the mortal eie siifflceth for the windowethereof through which it looheth out. Neither isthere sight without quietnesse and shall ye see hither while thy hearte is yon. Would stthou see ? Looke then to thy present concerne, and heedenot distraction, for thus only shall thy windowe avail theeand thy prospect yield greetinge. Mark how thy mortal eiedoth give thy minde ensample, for is not thine eie constantto but o
. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers; . IVOULDST THOU SEE? HE seeing eie is the souls mysterie which no fiiandivineth, the mortal eie siifflceth for the windowethereof through which it looheth out. Neither isthere sight without quietnesse and shall ye see hither while thy hearte is yon. Would stthou see ? Looke then to thy present concerne, and heedenot distraction, for thus only shall thy windowe avail theeand thy prospect yield greetinge. Mark how thy mortal eiedoth give thy minde ensample, for is not thine eie constantto but one the while ? Be thou 50, and behold thy windoweshall be the blest interpreter of visions and THE FAIRY RING September 2gth EAR after year, perhaps, we see the fairyring of small fawn-colored mushroomsout upon our lawn. As we first remem-bered it, it was but a foot or so in diam-eter, and closely clustered, while with eachsuccessive crop it has spread into a morewidely scattered circle, until it is now several feet inarea. Who planted the seed in this fantastic form, andwhy does this particular species especially favor thecircle or the crescent in its method of growth ? Theseare questions which naturally occur to any one who hasseen the singular phenomenon. The freak well illustrates the peculiar conditions ofvegetation of the whole fungous tribe. These plantshave no seed, but are perpetuated by the aid of myriadsof dust-like spores. This is well seen in the puff-ball,whose smoke-like puffs scatter their countless atoms tothe ends of the earth. Though they may fall in a mill-ion places, no spore will vegetate into a plant unlessthe conditions which the puff-ball requires are p
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