io FROM A MIDDLESEX GARDEN 



the copse. In companionship with this first leaf of the year, 

 the wake-robin is also unfolding, although as yet neither of 

 them are empurpled with spots, one of the chief charms of 

 the wild arum and the celandine. So these two heralds of 

 Spring are the first to deck themselves in green array, even 

 before the sturdy grass begins to recover, and also tell me 

 that much work, too, waits for me in "the garden that I 

 love." 



