THE FANTASIES OF FERNS 



taring trees have been removed so long as their 

 roots can find a drop of moisture. Of course they 

 suffer in quality, the growth is stunted, the fronds 

 are less relaxed and spreading, but beyond Sun- 

 flower Lane, on the edge of the Sea Gardens, 

 there was once a wood where is now a spongy 

 meadow opened to the untempered blaze of the 



