338 CONCLUSION. 



eternal, that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may 

 rejoice together." " The harvest is the end of the world, and 

 the reapers are the angels." 



The Grasses conclude the families of Flowering Plants, and 

 with them our little collection is complete. You have each of 

 you expressed to me the great pleasure and profit which you 

 have derived from your rambles in search of wild flowers ; and 

 all around you testify to the increased health of body and mind 

 which has followed this pursuit. That these benefits may 

 continue and increase I would entreat you to persevere in y our 

 research, endeavouring to obtain the many plants yet wanting 

 in our collection, examining more carefully the structure and 

 habits of those you already know, and entering upon the new 

 field of FLOWEKLESS PLANTS. Although Fanny is about to take 

 up her abode in London, she will have country trips and 

 holidays, in which she may study and collect Ferns; while 

 Edward, in his many woodland wanderings, may do the same 

 service for Mosses and Lichens. Seaweed and Fungi shall be 

 my care ; and if we are spared to meet again in another year or 

 two, I hope our collection of Flowerless Plants, with their uses, 

 charms, and associations, will equal in bulk and interest the 

 present result of our " Rambles in Search of Wild Flowers." 



