Boggy solitudes of Nantucket . \Wf4 m H 3 u 1983 rCD Q 5 1089 IjllHIJIIM ; 11- iillliiiilili . I 1. of winter?den, and HAT is more naturalthan the love of wildflowers—the treasuresof moor, marsh, andquaking bog, of inspir-ing surroundings,where days of exquisitedelight may be spent,that the happy mem-ories may be storedaway for the brighten-ing of the bleak daysWe are told life began in a gar- How could such sweet and wholesome hoursBe reckoned, but with herbs and flowers? Seacoast flowers are usually more brilliantin color than the same flowers in the interior, 10 BOGGY SOLITUDES OF NANTUCKET
Boggy solitudes of Nantucket . \Wf4 m H 3 u 1983 rCD Q 5 1089 IjllHIJIIM ; 11- iillliiiilili . I 1. of winter?den, and HAT is more naturalthan the love of wildflowers—the treasuresof moor, marsh, andquaking bog, of inspir-ing surroundings,where days of exquisitedelight may be spent,that the happy mem-ories may be storedaway for the brighten-ing of the bleak daysWe are told life began in a gar- How could such sweet and wholesome hoursBe reckoned, but with herbs and flowers? Seacoast flowers are usually more brilliantin color than the same flowers in the interior, 10 BOGGY SOLITUDES OF NANTUCKET and the summers at Nantucket, in the absenceof poisonous snakes, are especially favoredfor this recreation in boggy solitudes. It is not surprising to learn that a hundredyears ago the Frenchman, Marsillac, plungedinto these swamps to discover their treasures,heedless of the delicate silk stockings he wore;or that Dr. Asa Gray, our greatest botanist,should say he was not astonished at anythingfound growing in Nantucket. The whole island is a veritable garden has only to go on the moboggysolitudesof00wils
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