var WOODS AND FIELDS 175 
Tropical fruits are even more striking. No 
one who has seen it can ever forget a grove of 
orange trees in full fruit; while the more we | 
examine the more we find to admire; all per- 
fectly and exquisitely finished “usque ad 
ungues,” perfect inside and outside, for 
Nature 
Does in the Pomegranate close 
Jewels more rare than Ormus shows.! 
In winter the woods are comparatively 
bare and lifeless, even the Brambles and 
Woodbine, which straggle over the tangle of 
underwood being almost leafless. 
Still even then they have a beauty and 
interest of their own; the mossy boles of the 
trees; the delicate tracery of the branches 
which can hardly be appreciated when they 
are covered with leaves; and under foot the 
beds of fallen leaves; while the evergreens 
‘seem brighter than in summer; the ruddy 
stems and rich green foliage of the Scotch 
Pines, and the dark spires of the Firs, seeming 
to acquire fresh beauty. 
1 Marvell. 
