CONTENTS 



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I. THE COMING OF SPRING i 



II. ALONG THE WATERWAYS . .... 33 



III. ESCAPED FROM GARDENS ..... 63 



IV. IN SILENT WOODS 93 



V. SOME HUMBLE ORCHIDS . . . . . 123 



VI. POISONOUS PLANTS . 157 



VII. THE FANTASIES OF FERNS. . / . . 185 

 VIII. FLOWERS OF THE SUN ., ... . . 219 



IX. A COMPOSITE FAMILY 243 



X. WAYFARERS . . .... . . . 273 



XL THE DRAPERY OF VINES . , . -, r . 295 



XII. AFTERMATH , . ... 321 



INDEX AND GLOSSARY ..*... 343 



