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Riverside, Wallingford . . . . . Frontispiece. 



The Boat-house, Riverside . . . . To face page 36 



The Old Boat-house at Riverside . . .-;'" ,, ,, 116 



The Landing-stage, Riverside. . . . ,, ,, 212 



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Fruit of the Eglantine . . . . . ... viii 



The Velvet Rose, from Gerard . . . ... 4 



The part of the Sycamore Tree seen from my bed . . 12 



Flight of Starlings and Rooks . . . . 17 



Winter Aconites . . . . . . . 20-21 



Relative proportions of Yellow, Blue, and White Crocuses 30 



Bird's-eye view of a Swallow . . . . . . 34 



Parrot Tulips . . . . . . . . 38 



Pump in which the Robin built . . ... 42 



Fruit of the Rosa rugosa , . . . . . 54 



Young Swallows on the look-out for food in the nest in the 



Piazza . . . . . . ' . ' . . 69 



Seed-pod of Orange Lily Seed-pod of Iris sibirica Section 



of pod of Iris sibirica Seed-pod of Alstroemeria . " 73 



Biretta-like seed-pod of CEnothera taraxifolia . . . 75 



Seed-pod of Violet ... . . . 75 



