LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 
PLATE FACING PAGE 
I — Joseph was the Real Gardener, 
Frontispiece 
II — Map of the Triangle i 
III — The Bluebirds took Possession of the 
House hung to the Tree 6 
IV — “Summer is not here” 26 
V — He slept without rocking 38 
VI — A Border of Narcissus poeticus 52 
VII — “I have a bird’s egg” 60 
VIII—Fiddleheads 72 
IX — ^Windflowers 74 
X — '“Fronds uncoiled beside some lovely 
wake-robins” 78 
XI — Rose Fantasy 82 
XII — “I may become a Rosarian” 86 
XIII— Wild Ginger 94 
XIV— Two Spring Orchids 98 
XV — “Blue flowers that should bloom for 
us soon” 100 
XVI — “Blowing out his cheeks and breath 
to keep the moths away” 102 
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