Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 567
THE CHRISTMAS FERNS IN THE WOODS IN EARLY SPRING. In the summer the fronds are nearly erect; in the winter they hug closely to the ground, forming greenrosettes that are all the more beautiful from their sharp contrast with the bare trees and shrubs, and the browndead leaves covering the ground.… … ST NICH*LA5LEAGVt HEADING FOR MARCH. BY RHEINHOLD PALENSKI, AGE 17. (WINNER OF FORMER FRIZES.) HOPE. BY AGNES CHURCHILL LACY (AGE 14). {Gold Badge.) Alas ! the low-hung wintry clouds Have dimmed the fair blue skies. Nay, wait a day; the suns bright rayShall break those chains of misty gray ; Grieve…
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