170 THE BEAUTIES OF NATURE ‘CHAP, 
occur to us — Snowdrops, Daffodils and Hearts- 
ease, Lady’s Mantles and Lady’s ‘Tresses, 
Kyebright, Milkwort, Foxgloves, Herb Roberts, 
Geraniums, and among rarer species, at least 
in England, Columbines and Lilies. 
But Nature does not provide delights for 
the eye only. The other senses are not for- 
gotten. A thousand sounds — many delight- 
ful in themselves, and all by association— 
songs of birds, hum of insects, rustle of leaves, 
ripple of water, seem to fill the air. 
Flowers again are sweet, as well as lovely. 
The scent of pine woods, which is said to 
be very healthy, is certainly delicious, and 
the effect of Woodland scenery is good for 
the mind as well as for the body. 
“Resting quietly under an ash tree, with 
the scent of flowers, and the odour of green 
buds and leaves, a ray of sunlight yonder 
lighting up the lichen and the moss on the 
oak trunk, a gentle air stirring in the branches 
above, giving glimpses of fleecy clouds sailing 
in the ether, there comes into the mind a feel- 
ing of intense joy in the simple fact of living.” * 
1 Jefferies. 
