I have found in the month
of April. I bring them in from the fields, and mamma tells me the
names, and I write them down in a book. I think I can find more
flowers in May, as I live too far north to find many in April.
Here is the list: Round-lobed hepatica (_Hepatica triloba_),
trailing arbutus (_Epigoea repens_), yellow adder-tongue violets
(_Erythronium americanum_), bloodroot (_Sanguinaria canadensis_),
cinque-foil (_Potentilla canadensis_), sweet white violet (_Viola
blanda_), common blue violets (_Viola cucullata_), wood-anemone
(_Anemone nemorosa_), rue-anemone (_Thalictrum anemonoides_), wild
strawberry (_Fragaria vesca_), shepherd's-purse (_Capsella
bursa_), leather-leaf (_Cassandra calyculata_), dandelion
(_Taraxacum dens-leonis_), bluets (_Oldenlandia cerulia_).

HARRY H. M.

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FAIR HAVEN, VERMONT.

I have watched the reports of willow "pussies" coming out in
different parts of the country with a good deal of interest, and I
thought I would write and tell you that on April 25, when riding
to church, I saw some cowslips in bloom. I think that is doing
pretty well for our New England spring. My little brother and I
found two handfuls of arbutus to-day, but it has been in bloom for
some time. We have a black and white shepherd dog. He can climb an
apple-tree that leans a little to one side a good deal quicker
than my little brother, who is eight years old.

SADIE H.

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MOORTOWN, CALIFORNIA.

I am a little boy nine years old. I was born in the Sierra Nevada
Mountains. It storms fearfully here. Last winter was an awful hard
one--the coldest ever known. It has been snowing here to-day
(April 13), although the wild flowers are just in bloom. I have a
pet fox and a squirrel. They are very tame.

DANIE R.

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MARLBOROUGH-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK.

I am seven years old. I live in Brooklyn, but I am visiting my
grandpa and grandma now. I have a little uncle not much older than
myself. We play archery sometimes, and we like to hunt eggs for
grandma. There are two cats here--a big yellow one we call
Solomon, because he looks so wise; and another real pretty one we
call Harriet, because Harriet gave it to us. We have lots of f