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he had a spare half-hour, and conquered them 

 at last. One day while he was thus em- 

 ployed, Dr. Benson, then Headmaster of 

 Wellington College, found his way up to the 

 Mount, with Dr. Lightfoot, who was staying 

 with him. Both were at once impressed for 

 work on the Bramble roots ; and the sight 

 of that learned and great divine, afterwards 

 Bishop of Durham, toiling away in his shirt- 

 sleeves as earnestly as any day-labourer working 

 for his bread, was a sight never to be forgotten. 

 In the extremely simple life we led in our 

 childhood, the advent of a white-tilted cart 

 filled with flowers from some neighbouring 

 town, always caused intense excitement. And 

 to this day neither my sister nor I can resist 

 buying from one that stops at our respec- 

 tive houses during the Summer months, 

 in memory of the long-ago days when its 

 prototype used to draw up at the Rectory 

 gate. Every available penny was scraped to- 

 gether to buy a Geranium, a Heliotrope, or a 

 Fuchsia. And the finest prize Pelargonium of 

 to-day could never give the delight a rather 



