. Hours in my garden, and other nature-sketches. With 138 illus. Natural history. IV. THE DELIGHTS OF HEDGEROWS. HAT a delight and how rich a sub- \k, ject of investigation is the smallest bit of hedgerow! To my joy, at the bottom of my garden, separat- ing it from the nearest wheat-field, is a beech hedge, instead of any more effective enclosure in the shape of fence or wall. I really would miss much in the interest I have in this corner of mine were there a high wall here in place of this hedge. The hedge, however thick, is still but an airy screen or veil which half hides and half reveals t
. Hours in my garden, and other nature-sketches. With 138 illus. Natural history. IV. THE DELIGHTS OF HEDGEROWS. HAT a delight and how rich a sub- \k, ject of investigation is the smallest bit of hedgerow! To my joy, at the bottom of my garden, separat- ing it from the nearest wheat-field, is a beech hedge, instead of any more effective enclosure in the shape of fence or wall. I really would miss much in the interest I have in this corner of mine were there a high wall here in place of this hedge. The hedge, however thick, is still but an airy screen or veil which half hides and half reveals the life without and stimulates curiosity. It is all living, breathing, constantly changing, if you look well, and sounds like a wind-harp to the wind. It refines the view beyond, and does not really inter- rupt or close it; and you can feel the pulse of life, as it were, stirring in it. Birds pass through it almost as free as the wind, weave their nests in it, and near-by sit and discourse the sweetest music, morning, noon, and eve. It does not shut off, but kindly encloses; giving free let to all the sweeter winds, even refining and scenting them, while it tames down and breaks the force of the fiercer and colder winds, and takes the sting from the frosts of winter. A volume might be written on hedgerows cultivated 96. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay), 1839-1905. New York, Macmillan & Co.
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