ILLUSTRATIONS 



An acorn . . . . . . . . PAGE 104 



Germs of giants with a thousand years of life . . . 105 

 Oak spray with acorns . . . . . . .106 



'Breaking 1 an oak a hundred and fifty years old . .107 

 Acorns, acorn cups, etc. . . . . . . .109 



Toads 112 



Small heath butterfly on rock rose . . . . .113 



Hock rose . . . . . . . . .114 



Griz/led skippers . . . . . . . .115 



A woodland path . . . . . . . .119 



Tall bracken of the woods all russet-antler topped . .120 



Bracken 120 



Cowslip ball 123 



Thorn tree on ridge . . . . . . .124 



Mowing-machine . . . . . . . .125 



By wind-swept thorns ....... 126 



Foxglove ......... 129 



Dog-rose and falling petals . . . . . .130 



Butterfly orchis (Habenaria chlorantha) .... 135 



Twayblade (Listera ovata) ...... 136 



From woods to upland downs, the garden of the hills . 138 

 The bracken patchwork of the hills where grows the 



yellow tormentil . . . . . . .139 



'Only our close-bit thyme that smells like dawn in paradise" 1 140 

 Mumble bee on spear thistle ...... 143 



Small tortoiseshell on creeping thistle . . . .144 



Harebells 148 



Harvesting . . . . . . . . .152 



The great round webs with their load of diamonds . .153 



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