70 WILD FLOWERS OF SCOTLAND 



charm, part of which may lie in their very 

 reserve. They seem to make up in their sweet- 

 ness for want of luxuriance. At least we don't 



seem to want them to be 

 other than they are. We 

 have got to like them. 

 Perhaps the only hard- 

 wooded climber we have 

 is the woodbine ; and this 

 is a host in itself. 



The interval between 

 the fading of the white 

 here we call it simply 

 " blossom," as if there were 

 none other to compare 



with it and the reddening of the fruit is all filled 

 up. The pretty dog-roses, tinted pink and white, 



