82 THE WOODLANDS. 



no means surprising that many poets have sung its 

 praises. The larger, but less admired, and less 

 common " Solomon's Seal/' 1 is sometimes found in 

 woods. 



THE HERB PARIS. 



The wild wood Hyacinth, 3 with its drooping blue 

 flowers, is so common and so great a favourite that 

 a spring nosegay of wild flowers would seem imper- 

 fect without it. Children will always call them 

 "bluebells/' although the Campanula alone merits 



1 Polygonatitm multiflomm. 2 SciUa nutans. 



