FERNS, FENCES, AND WHITE BIRCHES 201 



apply with double force to the handling of delicate 

 wild flowers and ferns. 



Good luck to your knoll, Mary Penrose, and to your 

 fern fence, if that fancy pleases you. May the magic 

 of fern seed fill your eyes and let you see visions, the 

 goodly things of heart's desire, when, all being accom- 

 plished, you pause and look at the work of your hands. 



"And nimble fay and pranksome elf 

 Flash vaguely past at every turn, 

 Or, weird and wee, sits Puck himself, 

 With legs akimbo, on a fern!" 



