A WORLD OF GREEN 

 HILLS 



OBSERVATIONS OF NATURE 



AND HmiAN NATURE 



IN THE BLUE 



RIDGE 



BY 



BRADFORD TORREY 



He joyes in groves, and makes himself e full blythe 

 With sundrie flowers, in wilde fieldes gathered. 



Spenser. 



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