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interesting, rather than informing as to the real 

 variety and description of the flowers of their day. 

 Nearly all the older English poets, though writing 

 glibly of woods and vales, of shepherds and swains, 

 of buds and blossoms, scarcely allude to a flower in a 

 natural way. Herrick was truly a flower lover, and, 

 as the critic said, " many flowers grow to illustrate 



Shakespeare Border at Hillside. 



quotations from his works." The flowers named 

 of Shakespeare have been written about in varied 

 books, Shakespeare s Garden, Shakespeare's Bouquet, 

 Flowers from Stratford-on-Avon, etc. These are 

 easily led in fulness of detail, exactness of informa- 

 tion, and delightful literary quality by that truly 

 perfect book, beloved of all garden lovers, The Plant 

 Lore and Garden Craft of Shakespeare, by Canon Ella- 



