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| Vol. XI. | MARCH, 1902. | No. 3. |
CONTENTS
- EASTER CAROL. 97
- SPRING. 97
- THE WINTER WREN. (Troglodytes hiemalis.) 98
- VOICES IN THE GARDEN. 101
- THE LECONTE’S SPARROW. (Ammodramus leconteii.) 107
- EASTER LILIES. 108
- THE CALL OF THE KILLDEE. 109
- THE NORTHERN PHALAROPE. (Phalaropus lobatus.) 110
- OUR LITTLE MARTYRS. 113
- A CARGO OF STOWAWAYS. 114
- THE HAIRY WOODPECKER. (Dryobates villosus.) 119
- A VARICOLORED FROG. 120
- WAS IT REASON OR INSTINCT? 121
- OPAL. 122
- THE CROCUS. 127
- MARCH. 128
- THE DOMESTIC SHEEP. (Ovis aries.) 131
- THE BEAUTY OF A STORM. 133
- The snow-plumed angel of the north 133
- THE VIOLET. 134
- THE ROUND-LOBED LIVERWORT. (Hepatica hepatica.) 137
- THE SPRING MIGRATION. I. THE WARBLERS. 138
- A PET SQUIRREL. 140
- THE ENGLISH WALNUT AND RELATED TREES. (Juglans regia L.) 143
- AWAKENING. 144
EASTER CAROL.
Hepatica, anemone,
And bloodroot snowy white,
With their pretty wildwood sisters,
Are opening to the light.
Each blossom bears a message
That a little child may read,
Of the wondrous miracle of life
Hid in the buried seed.
In the woods and fields and gardens
We may find the blessed words
Writ in beauty, and may hear them,
Set in music by the birds.
It is Nature’s Easter carol,
And we, too, with gladness sing,
For we see the Life immortal
In the promise of the spring.
—Anna M. Pratt,
From “Among Flowers and Trees with the Poets.”
SPRING.
O beautiful world of
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