18J>;».] ESSAYS. 53 



so we might go on, but " 1 don't quite like tiie cat'log style, 

 dew you? As if to sell otl" nature by venders." 



In closing, no talk on mosses and liehens would be complete 

 which omitted those beautiful lines of ,[ohn Ruskin : — 



*' Lichens and mosses — meek creatures"! &c., &c. 



