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AUTUMN AND WINTER 



hands almost. The honeysuckle is in leaf before the last 

 elm leaves have fallen. The catkins grow fertile on hazel 

 and sallow, while the gum is still stiff over the chestnut 

 buds. When the hedgerows make skeleton patterns, the 

 kex is green at their foot, and the barest trees are touched 

 with the purple of half-invisible flowers. 



