CONTENTS 



Introductory: The Lodge of the Dumb Porter 

 I. — The Garden Gate, including "The Garden 

 Antiphone,"* 



II. — Spring's Promise 

 III. — The Dingle Dell . 

 IV. — The Little People . 



V. — Hera's Messenger Service 



VI. — The Morn of a Thousand Roses 



VII. — The Four Winds of Heaven.* An Inter 

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VIII. — Great-Grandam's Posy . 

 IX. — Hedgerows and Hillocks Green 

 X. — The Masquerader ... 

 XL — Flora's Sceptre 



XII. — ^A Year and a Day.* An Interlude 



XIII. — The Chancellor's Conscience 



XIV. — Auspicious Hope 



The Cold Frames . 



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*the interludes 



Introduced as interludes or incidental verses will be found 

 the following poems composed by the author and, with one or 

 two exceptions, written especially for The Fragrant Note Book. 

 These latter have not appeared previously : 



The Garden Antiphone, The Puppy's Lament, Petunia Hats, 

 The Puppy^s Approval, The Four Winds of Heaven, Grandam's 

 Posy, A Year and a Day, and Who'll Bring Yule Logs ? 





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