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PARABLES FROM FLOWERS.

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                PARABLES FROM FLOWERS.



                          BY
                  GERTRUDE P. DYER,
  AUTHOR OF 'LITTLE POLLIE,' 'ARMOUR-CLAD,' ETC. ETC.



  _Doth not thy heart throb with emotions of thankfulness to God for
  making the earth so fair, so redolent of beauty in its garniture of
  flowers, and for having scattered these silent teachers up and down the
  world?_



                     EDINBURGH:
           W. P. NIMMO, HAY, & MITCHELL.




                        TO
             MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS,
           MABEL, ELSIE, AND RUBY TARR.




CONTENTS.


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 II.