DECEMBER 303 



berries, " the coral jewellery of the hedge," are now left to 

 finish ripening under the grey mists, to blush rosier in the 

 cold, wintry rain ; some of them will still grace the branches 

 until Spring, when the new leaf-buds bursting will bid them 

 begone, thus linking Winter to Spring with 



" Coral clasps and amber studs." 



