Dee. 15—Ten days from today it will be Christmas Day: a. day associated in Enisland with snow and frost: a day when people there {wil be too fond of an armchair by the fire, venture far away: a day when those, who do Venture out are able to return with a hose of a different colour. It is hard to believe that a day of such memories is only ten days Away for the air is still warm in the daytime and the dust on some of our roads ix daily Uecomning more unbearable. "Clouds of It were seen rising along Chung Shan Revd today: saunot be a pleasure to live on the Bast side that rod these days. The weather Is very cacanable and certain of our flowering chruts have evidently begun to wonder whether and if Spring thas for some" time, shyly on forsythia and they did not seem to flower. We have lowers that mnselves. Some fruit tree were brighter and just foo are stil plying 8 good display of flowers fave tw change our inion abo Dee 16~"Tommy" was interested ina parssitieal plant today: he probably saw some Imistletve of the Bazaar. Viscum album is the only true parasitical plant that is indigenous
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