IN STORM AND SHINE 63 



In their places stand the Globe-Flower, the Bis- 

 tort, the Paradise IJly (barely open), the Sylvan 

 Geranium, the blue Centaurea, and the pale yellow 

 Biscutella, while the last blossoms of Anemone 

 sidphurea have been joined by the exquisite blush- 

 tinted heads of Anejnone narcissiflora. It is as 

 though some curtain had rolled swiftly up upon 

 another landscape — one which, as we are but 

 human, we must applaud more rapturously than 

 we did the last. For — 



"To-day fresh colours break tlie soil, and butterflies 

 take wing 

 Down broidered lawns all bright with pearls in the 

 garden of the King." 



And although we still may say we are in dainty 

 May, more than the toe of our best foot is 

 already in gorgeous June. 



