448 Old Time Gardens 



delights." In California grow wild a dozen varie- 

 ties ; the best known of these is recurved, but it 

 does not droop, and is to all outward glance an 

 Anemone, and has lost in that new world much the 

 mystery of the old herbalist's " Checker Lily," save 

 the checkers ; these always are visible. 



The Cyclamen and Dodecatheon lay their ears 

 back like a vicious horse. Both have an eerie aspect, 



White Fritillaria. 



as if turned upside down, as has also the Nightshade. 

 I knew a little child, a flower lover from babyhood, 

 who feared to touch the Cyclamen, and even cried 

 if any attempt was made to have her touch the 

 flower. When older, she said that she had feared 

 the flower would sting her. 



I have often a sense of mysterious meaning in a 

 vine, it seems so plainly to reach out to attract your 



