PREFACE. V 



add to our life solaces and resources, generally too much 

 neglected, because too little known. 



The merits and demerits of " Brambles and Bay 

 Leaves " are equally to be attributed to enthusiasm ; and 

 should my enthusiasm, as expressed herein, prove welcome 

 to a few congenial spirits, I shall be amply repaid for the 

 risk of publication, and shall hope, in other labours of a 

 kindred kind, to meet with readers who love, or wish to 

 love, " green things" as sincerely as I do. 



SHIRLEY HIBBERD. 



