Undine and our sylvan world; sixteen nature sketches . on his hands and far from a delight—atleast if he got anything out of , of course, Bacon was writing ofgardens for English country gentle-men, and they had enough gardenersin their establishments to keep evenmore than a dozen. But, one Bacon garden would havelittle in it to show each month,-- threeor four trees in bloom and not manymore flowers. To us, the greatest de-lights in the garden aire the deceit ofthe perfume and the veritable state ofdisorder and panic among the beds. Now, from the scent, you are surethere are only roses


Undine and our sylvan world; sixteen nature sketches . on his hands and far from a delight—atleast if he got anything out of , of course, Bacon was writing ofgardens for English country gentle-men, and they had enough gardenersin their establishments to keep evenmore than a dozen. But, one Bacon garden would havelittle in it to show each month,-- threeor four trees in bloom and not manymore flowers. To us, the greatest de-lights in the garden aire the deceit ofthe perfume and the veritable state ofdisorder and panic among the beds. Now, from the scent, you are surethere are only roses there. The nextinstant you change your mind and saythey are sweet peas. A little later youthink they were neither roses or sweetpeas but nasturtiums and then you give-75-


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