ILLUSTRATIONS 



' Stacks ' of corn ....... I-ACIK 154 



Agaricus rachodes . . . . . . . .157 



Agaricus rachodes showing gills and annulus . . . 158 

 A toadstool forest . . . . . . . .159 



The old way reaping by hand . . . . .160 



The reapers . . . . . . . . .161 



' The reaper ' in a sea of oats . . . . . .162 



The sunlit golden grain takes its place in neat rows of 



stocks ......... 163 



Wheat, barley, and oats . . . . . . .164 



Cutting ' a road ' for the machine . . . . .165 



The clean white freshness of the young birch . . .175 

 Storm-beaten, battered, scarred . . . . .176 



Storm-tossed, wind-swept trees with tortured limbs . .177 

 The sunset rays flame-flush the Scotch fir boles . .179 

 Hazel catkins the promise of spring .... 184 



The ride in the wood . . . . . . .185 



' All my hurts my garden spade can heal ' . . .190 



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