CONTENTS 



PORTRAIT ..... Frontispiece 



PREFACE. ....... vii 



editor's preface xi 



BIOGRAPHY Xix 



PART I 

 FLOWERS 



I. THE SNOWDROP 3 



II. THE YELLOW CROCUS . . . . l8 



III. THE PURPLE CROCUS . . . .27 



IV. THE VIOLET 37 



V. THE COWSLIP 45 



VL THE PRIMROSE SS 



VIL THE GLOBE FLOWER . . . -67 



VIII. THE BLACKTHORN, OR SLOE . . -71 



IX. THE poet's NARCISSUS . . . -75 



X. THE SNOWFLAKE {Leucojum (EsHvum) . 78 



XI. THE WHITE LILY 83 



XII. THE DAFFODIL 85 



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