. Through the year with Thoreau . so perfect on their water side. There is no raw-ness nor imperfection to the edge of the wood in thiscase, as where an axe has cleared, or a cultivatedfield abuts on it; but the eye rises by natural grada-tions from the low shrubs, the alders, of the shoreto the higher trees. It is a natural selvage. It is com-paratively unaffected by man. The water laves theshore as it did a thousand years ago. Such curves ina wood bordering on a field do not affect us as whenit is a winding shore of a lake. This is a firmer will not be so easily torn. Journal, v, 251
. Through the year with Thoreau . so perfect on their water side. There is no raw-ness nor imperfection to the edge of the wood in thiscase, as where an axe has cleared, or a cultivatedfield abuts on it; but the eye rises by natural grada-tions from the low shrubs, the alders, of the shoreto the higher trees. It is a natural selvage. It is com-paratively unaffected by man. The water laves theshore as it did a thousand years ago. Such curves ina wood bordering on a field do not affect us as whenit is a winding shore of a lake. This is a firmer will not be so easily torn. Journal, v, 251. MOUNTAIN LAUREL June 23,1852. The mountain laurel, with its milk-white flower, in cool and shady woods, reminds oneof the vigor of nature. It is perhaps a first-rate flower,considering its size and evergreenness. Its flower-buds, curiously folded in a ten-angled pyramidalform, are remarkable. A profusion of flowers, with aninnocent fragrance. It reminds me of shady moun-tainsides where it forms the underwood. Journal, iv,
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