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we reasonably may ; recollection does the rest for 

 us in the gap of seasons. An emotion passed is 

 yet part of our life — our life's memory ; and, in 

 Meredith's words, 



" Dead seasons quicken in one petal spot of colour un- 

 forgot." 



For enough is far better than a feast. It is one 

 thing to be spiritually sentimental ; it is quite 

 another thing to know where to draw a right 

 line in spiritual sentiment. Happy the man who 

 is endowed with the double capacity ; happy the 

 man who can allow these flowers to lift him to 

 a higher plane of being ; and then, when reason- 

 ableness begins to flag, turn to his floral cicerones 

 and say with firmness : " Excuse me, but I must 

 now be getting back to dinner. And you, in 

 your turn, you know, must be preparing to be 

 dinner for the cows." 



SOME PROMINENT PASTURE FLOWERS 

 IN BLOOM AROUND CHAMPEX, JUNE 15, 1910 



-^juga 'pyramidalis (Alpine Bugle). 

 Alchemilla alpina. 



„ vulgaris (Lady's Mantle). 



Anemone narcissiflora. 



„ sulphurea. 



