thoroughly taught in six or seven
lessons, and could handle the _Whitewing_ beautifully; but the ability
to judge of the weather, to tell when it is going to blow, and how the
wind will probably shift, can, of course, be learned only by actual
experience.

[TO BE CONTINUED.]

KENSINGTON CLOVER.

BY MARCIA D. BRADBURY.

Such a hubbub in the meadow!
Such a rustling in the grass!
"I feel injured," sighed the daisy,
"Things have come to such a pass.
To be worked in colored worsted,
Ev'ry shade and line complete,
Isn't very compliment'ry
To a stylish marguerite."

"One might call it," said the poppy,
In a tone of sleepy fun,
"Flowers raised by _crewel_ culture--
Only, please, excuse the pun."
"Oh, don't joke on such a subject,"
Said an innocent, rather low,
While from sev'ral other quarters
Came a disapproving "No."

"Really," laughed a sweet red clover,
"I flushed up quite nervously
When I saw a head on canvas
So exceedingly like me.
If the honey-bee had been there,
He'd have buzzed about that leaf.
Ah! I only wish he had been;
'Twould have served him right--the thief!"

Suddenly through all this chatter
Came a voice, like music's flow,
From a little yellow violet
Growing in the marsh below.
All the flowers nodded silence
As she said--a little pause--
"What a foolish fuss, my field-mates,
You have made with no real cause!

"Are they fragrant? Can you smell them?
Though they are so bright and fair,
Do the breezes, when they touch them,
Carry incense on the air?
When they fade, will hidden blossoms
Take the places of those dead?
Shooting stems and growing leaflets
Crown the drooping plant instead?"
And the others, well contented,
When the violet's song was o'er,
Tossed their pretty heads and said they
Wouldn't worry any more.

A TREE ALBUM.

Many of our boys and girls, we venture to say, would like to know how to
make a collection of specimens illustrating the trees of their own
neighborhood and of other parts of the country. We hardly need remind
them that the only way to get a complete knowledge and to enjoy the
beauty of natural objects is to examine them closely, and find out all
their little peculiarities. We may take long walks through the groves
and woods, and spend a great deal of time there, and yet when we get
home we may know very littl