CONTENTS 



PORTRAIT 

 PREFACE . 



EDITOR'S PREFACE . 

 BIOGRAPHY 



Frontispiece 



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PART I 

 FLOWERS 



I. THE SNOWDROP .... 

 II. THE YELLOW CROCUS 

 III. THE PURPLE CROCUS 

 IV. THE VIOLET . . 



V. THE COWSLIP 



VI. THE PRIMROSE .... 



VII. THE GLOBE FLOWER 

 VIII. THE BLACKTHORN, OR SLOE . 

 IX. THE POET'S NARCISSUS . 



x. THE SNOWFLAKE (Leucojum astivum) 



XI. THE WHITE LILY .... 

 XII. THE DAFFODIL .... 



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