154 OUR WOODLAND TREES. 
sides of the upland the air is fragrant with scent 
as of new-mown hay. But no mowers are near, 
and the delicious fragrance is doubtless caused by 
the powerful effect of the midsummer sun on the 
grassy vegetation of the upland, the cool evening 
vapours bringing the hay scent with them as they 
rise into the air. Anon we pass a Holly-Tree, 
whose head is clothed with the sweet flowers 
of a Honeysuckle; and then descending into the 
depth of the valley we make for the wood on its 
opposite side. 
Pausing for a moment, ere plunging into the 
wood, we are sensible of a sudden burst of 
fragrance, which can have no other source than 
the clustered blossoms of some Honeysuckle. We 
search the hearts of all the neighbouring shrubs, 
but for some time we fail to find the rich bloom 
of the sweet-scented Lonicera periclymenum. 
Looking upwards, however, whence the perfume 
seems to come like a shower of fragrance, we 
find that the branches of the spreading Oak above 
us are clothed with the blossoms of a Honey- 
suckle, that has climbed far up into the heart of 
the larger Tree. 
