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interesting, rather than informing as to the real 
variety and description of the flowers of their day. 
Nearly all the older English poets, though writing 
glibly of woods and vales, of shepherds and swains, 
of buds and blossoms, scarcely allude to a flower in a 
natural way. Herrick was truly a flower lover, and, 
as the critic said, many flowers grow to illustrate 
Shakespeare Border at Hillside. 
quotations trom his works/' The flowers named 
of Shakespeare have been written about in varied 
books, Shakespeare s Garden , Shakespeare* s Bouquet , 
Flowers, from Stratford-on-Avon^ etc. These are 
easily led in fulness of detail, exactness of informa- 
tion, and delightful literary quality by that truly 
perfect book, beloved of all garden lovers, The Plant 
Lore and Garden Craft of Shakespeare , by Canon Ella- 
