148 GARDENS OF ENGLAND 



a host of spedes, hybrids, and v^eties, and the 

 "Darwins" are m the throng to welcome the 

 time of the primrose and daffodiL There m 

 the cool meadows the poet's nardssus has been 

 established, colonies of white flowers gleaming 

 in the moonlight ; in meadow and woodland the 

 daffodil has become almost naturalised, the snow- 

 flakes cluster near the stems of the apple-trees in 

 the orchard, and there are flowers everywhere^ 

 soon to give place to the richer beauty of summer 

 and autumn. 



