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Parables from Flowers. Frontispiece.

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.