42 THE BOOK OF THE ROSE chap, hi 



be found at the seaside, or as the " blowing " sands on 

 the Norfolk and Suffolk border near Thetford, where 

 thick belts of firs have to be planted to prevent one 

 man's crop, and field too, being actually blown away to 

 his neighbour, I fear the Rosarian must stifle his 

 impulses, change his object of worship, and devote 

 himself, according to the extent of his holding, to 

 hyacinths or partridges. 



