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enthusiastic visitors to the Lakes, who has given us 

 valuable information upon our flora, the Rev. W. Tuckwell, 

 M.A., esteemed and honoured by great numbers in this 

 country who know him as a most delighful lecturer, and 

 author of the charming " Tongues in Trees and Sermons 

 in Stones," a book interesting to lovers of flower lore, 

 containing as it does special references to our Lake Country. 

 In closing, I should like to add that it is of the utmost 

 importance that every inducement should be given to the 

 boys and girls in the Lake District to arrange flowers for 

 competition at our various, horticultural exhibitions, and 

 so encourage them in the knowledge and love of the many 

 beautiful varieties that are to be seen on every side in this 

 one vast, wild garden of the Lake Country. 



"The works of human artifice soon tire 

 The curious eye, the fountain's sparkling rill, 

 And gardens, when adorned by human skill. 



Reproach the feeble hand, the vain desire. 

 But oh, the free and wild magnificence 



Of Nature, in her lavish hours, doth steal, 

 In admiration silent and intense, 

 The soul of him who hath a soul to feel ! 



The river moving on its ceaseless way, 

 The verdant reach of meadows fair and green, 

 And the blue hills that bound the sylvan scene, 



These speak of grandeur that defies decay 

 Proclaim the Eternal Architect on high, 

 Who stamps on all His works His own eternity !" 



T. R. HAYES. 

 St. Kentigern's Terrace, 



Keswick. 



