6 CONTENTS 



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A RAIN-STORM IN SUMMER .120 



SIGNS OF RAIN 121 



A GOOD WORD FOR THE NETTLE . ... .123 



THE BROOM-BUSH ... ... . .128 



THE OAK AND THE BROOM: A PASTORAL . . .134 



THE BRAMBLE, OR BLACKBERRY . . . . . 139 



To THE BRAMBLE , . *. * . . . . 146 



CLEAR FROST IN WINTER * . . . . . 147 



NATURAL SELECTION * . . <'. . . 151 



EXPLANATION OF SOME BOTANICAL TERMS . . . 152 



EPILOGUE . ..... 154 



