. Hours in my garden, and other nature-sketches. With 138 illus. Natural history. of all the loveliest spots in the neighbourhood; the spirit or essence of the beauty of the place I have treasured here; and I have my reward in a succession of the most lovely and dainty effects imaginable. Primroses in their tufts firmly rooted have spread under a favourite lilac tree, till the little bed in the spring is a thick carpet of green and gold. Stately foxgloves (folks'-gloves, remember; gloves of the folk, the fairy-folk, of which fox here is a mean- ingless degradation) have found a fitting and con
. Hours in my garden, and other nature-sketches. With 138 illus. Natural history. of all the loveliest spots in the neighbourhood; the spirit or essence of the beauty of the place I have treasured here; and I have my reward in a succession of the most lovely and dainty effects imaginable. Primroses in their tufts firmly rooted have spread under a favourite lilac tree, till the little bed in the spring is a thick carpet of green and gold. Stately foxgloves (folks'-gloves, remember; gloves of the folk, the fairy-folk, of which fox here is a mean- ingless degradation) have found a fitting and con- genial home in the old mould at the foot of the hedgerow, and nod and. ils***^ll^fe 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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