. A tour round my garden . Natural history. 93 A TOUR ROUND MT GARDEN. the grass has disjointed the marble of the basin; the walks you had traced, covered with gravel, and rolled so many, many times, are now hidden by a thick coat of grass; whilst the grass plats, which you kept so smooth, so free from foreign weeds, these grass plats are invaded by the wild tre- foil, moss, and all sorts of plants and mushrooms. Everything is changed, everything is destroyed, the exiles have returned, the slaves have broken their chains, the usurpers and tyrants are destroyed, your garden is more wild than th
. A tour round my garden . Natural history. 93 A TOUR ROUND MT GARDEN. the grass has disjointed the marble of the basin; the walks you had traced, covered with gravel, and rolled so many, many times, are now hidden by a thick coat of grass; whilst the grass plats, which you kept so smooth, so free from foreign weeds, these grass plats are invaded by the wild tre- foil, moss, and all sorts of plants and mushrooms. Everything is changed, everything is destroyed, the exiles have returned, the slaves have broken their chains, the usurpers and tyrants are destroyed, your garden is more wild than the most neglected field. There is a terrible reaction against man: the indigenous plants are in the effervescence of triumph, they give themselves up to saturnalia^ to the orgies of vegetation and 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 Karr, Alphonse, 1808-1890; Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. London : F. Warne ; New York : Scribner, Welford and Armstrong
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