COLTSFOOT 



but no sooner has the sun burst through than they 

 are wide awake to welcome him, and open out their 

 finely cut florets which, though dependent on, are 

 seemingly neglectful of, the later crop of large and 

 handsome leaves which they never see ; silk-backed, 

 these clothe the naked earth and by their work 

 begin to weave again its beauty and win it back to 

 use. 



COLTSFOOT ON THE SPOIL-BANK 



