. Alpine flowers for English gardens. Mountain plants; Flower gardening. Part I. CASCADES, ROCKY BRIDGES, ETC. 25 with a zone towards its upper edge as of green molten glass. Above the falls the scene is quite different, a wide and peaceful river carrying the surplus waters of an inland sea, till it gradually finds itself in the coils of the rapids, and is soon lashed into such a turmoil as we might expect if a dozen unpolluted Shannons or Seines were running a race together. A river no more, but a sea unreined. By walking about a mile above the falls on the Canadian shore this effect is finel
. Alpine flowers for English gardens. Mountain plants; Flower gardening. Part I. CASCADES, ROCKY BRIDGES, ETC. 25 with a zone towards its upper edge as of green molten glass. Above the falls the scene is quite different, a wide and peaceful river carrying the surplus waters of an inland sea, till it gradually finds itself in the coils of the rapids, and is soon lashed into such a turmoil as we might expect if a dozen unpolluted Shannons or Seines were running a race together. A river no more, but a sea unreined. By walking about a mile above the falls on the Canadian shore this effect is finely seen, the breadth of the river helping to carry out the illusion. As the great waste of waters descends from its dark grey and smooth bed and falls whitening into foam, it seems as if tide after tide were gale-heaped one on --•i"-"":-;;:-"-^;. Bird's-eye view of Islands above tlic Falls of Niagara. another on a sea strand. The islands just above the falls enable one to stand in the midst of these rapids where they rush by lashed into passionate haste ; now boiling over some hidden swellings in the rocky bed, or dashing over greater but yet hidden obstructions with such force that the crest of the uplifted mass is dashed about as freely as a white charger's mane; now darkly falling into a cavity several yards below the level of the surrounding water, and, when unobstructed, surging by in countless eddies to the mist- crested falls below, and so rapidly that the drift-wood dashes on swift as swallow on the Aving. Undisturbed in their peace- ful shadiness, garlanded with wild vine and wild flowers, the. 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 Robinson, W. (William), 1838-1935; Bailey, William Whitman, 1843-1914. London : Murray
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