170 THE BEAUTIES OF NATURE CHAP. 



occur to us Snowdrops, Daffodils and Hearts- 

 ease, Lady's Mantles and Lady's Tresses, 

 Eyebright, Milkwort, Foxgloves, Herb Roberts, 

 Geraniums, and among rarer species, at least 

 in England, Columbines and Lilies. 



But Nature does not provide delights for 

 the eye only. The other senses are not for- 

 gotten. A thousand sounds many delight- 

 ful in themselves, and all by association 

 songs of birds, hum of insects, rustle of leaves, 

 ripple of water, seem to fill the air. 



Flowers again are sweet, as well as lovely. 

 The scent of pine woods, which is said to 

 be very healthy, is certainly delicious, and 

 the effect of Woodland scenery is good for 

 the mind as well as for the body. 



"Resting quietly under an ash tree, with 

 the scent of flowers, and the odour of green 

 buds and leaves, a ray of sunlight yonder 

 lighting up the lichen and the moss on the 

 oak trunk, a gentle air stirring in the branches 

 above, giving glimpses of fleecy clouds sailing 

 in the ether, there comes into the mind a feel- 

 ing of intense joy in the simple fact of living." l 



1 Jefferies. 



