CHAPTER XV 



NATURALIZING 



N page 139 is the 

 picture of an old 

 Georgian mansion 

 in Virginia. The 

 in the foreground, 

 which is many acres in ex- 

 tent, has been thickly nat- 

 uralized with Jonquils and Narcissi. 

 Standing by the sundial in early Spring 

 a sea of gold lies spread out at one's feet, 

 a living sea that melts away into the 

 young green of the neighbouring woods. 

 When the wind blows the sea is ruffled 

 and furrowed by the most graceful bil- 

 lows, and the faint water-lily scent of the 

 flowers is borne in on the fresh Spring 

 air, mingled with the odour of newly- 

 turned turf and the smoke from the neigh- 

 bouring cabins. The sight of a field of 

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