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I GOLD OR YELLOW. 1 z Moro years ago than anyone can \ z count, tho shrubs of tho heath had not = I mado up their minds, when to (lower, 1 | and a mooting was called to settle the i z matter. Old sn>e presided, and, after \ i explaining that each shrub should now I E chooso its time of flowering, said he did i | not mind coming out quite early, and | \ would chooso Enster time. Now this § \ upset Gorse, who did not see why Sloa \ i should come first, and promised to be \ z out earlier than that! = I Then Bilberry stood up and consent- i = ed to start flowering as soon as he saw = : the back or March Winds, and, in turn, i z tho rest of tho heath shrubs chose one : z month after another—right up to July, : ; which Heather and Blackberry agreed to i ; share. | ; But every time a month was chosen z | Gorse was hoard to exclaim, "I .will | 1 flower then, too!" = : Next year the shrubs blossomed In or- z I dorly sequence, as they do now, snowy i | spikes of Sloe, tiny pinkish bells of Bil- | : berry, white raspberry, and ao on, ' till | = purple heather simply blazed all over I \ the heath. Gorse made sure of being \ z first by coming out in February, and ho = § continued to make a show till the end | = of the season. : I When the shrubs saw this, some said § : that he was a hardy follow, but others = : whispered to ono another, "Yellow for I i joalousy." = | —A.P. z

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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 135, 9 June 1928, Page 15

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Page 15 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 135, 9 June 1928, Page 15

Page 15 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 135, 9 June 1928, Page 15