44 FAMILIAR WILD FLOWERS, 



hedgerows, and when found at all is found in such 

 abundance ordinarily as to appear like a carpeting of blue 

 beneath the trees, which, softening off into a beautiful 

 purple in the distance, as it does, until all detail is lost, 

 and nothing remains but a hazy mass of rich colour, has 

 a peculiarly charming effect, and one that once seen and 

 enjoyed will not readily be forgotten. The rich odour will 

 often reveal their proximity before the woodland dell they 

 delight in is reached. The hyacinth is in flower from 

 about the first week of April until the first week of June, 

 and being a perennial may be looked for in its favourite 

 localities year after year. 



