A PAPER 



Read before 

 The Keswick and District Horticultural Association, 



OCTOBER nth, 1898. 



Published by request of the 'members and friends of 

 the Society. 



The Lecture was illustrated by a large and interesting 



collection of rare Lake District Ferns, Plants, and 



Flowers. 



" To me the meanest Hower that blows can give 



Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.'' -H'wi/s'-xw/A. 



KESWICK : 



T. BAKEWELL, "GUARDIAN" OFKICE, 

 1899. 



