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Show i o th plains beneath Th state of th crop in the surrounding farms alters th 1 expression of the earth from week to week The succession of native plants in the pas e € tures and roadsides, which make the silen 1 clock by which time tells the summe hours, will make even the divisions of th day sensible to a keen observer. The tribe of birds and insects, like the plants punc fr 2 t tual to thei the year has room for all & By watercourses, the variety is greater. In July, th blue pontederia, or pickerel-weed bloom in large beds in the shallow parts of ou time, follo pleasant river eac other, an w t T and swarms with yello & butterflies in continual motion. Art canno & rival this pomp of purple and gold. Indee the river is a perpetual gala, and boast each month a new ornament But this beauty of Nature which is see I and felt as beauty, is the least part. Th shows of day, the dewy morning, the rainmoonlight, shadows in still water, and th like, if too eagerly hunted, become show merely, and mock us with their unreality i Go out of the house to see the moon, an 'tis mere tinsel; it will not please as whe ‘bow, mountains, orchards in blossom, stars 2 Digital Image © 200 University of Utah. Al rights reserved |