192 THE ASS0CIAT101\^S OF FLOWERS 
CHAPTER XXL 
Bell-flowers — Heath-land — Heatli-flowers — ■ Hare-hell 
— Differ e7it Forms of Leaves on the same Plant — 
N etile-leaved Bell-flower — Giant Bell-flower — Rampion 
— Pyramidal Bell-flower — YenuP s Looking-glass. 
Their groves o’ sweet myrtle let foreign lands reckon, 
Where bright beaming summers exalt the perfume ; 
Far dearer to me yon lone glen o’ green bracken, 
Wi’ the burn stealing under the lang yellow broom : 
Far dearer to me yon humble broom bowers, 
Where the bluebell and gowan lurk lowly unseen ; 
For there, lightly tripping amang the wild flowers, 
A-listening the linnet, aft wanders my Jean. 
— Burns. 
The zephyrs are sporting with the flowers on the heath- 
land ; and that wide tract which, during a great part of 
the year, is remarkable for its waste and barren appear- 
ance, is richly clothed, during summer, with its own pecu- 
liar blossoms. The loneliness often experienced by those 
who have to traverse a portion of heath ground, where no 
tree or hedge, perhaps not even a solitary cottage, serves 
as a landmark to the wanderer, has led us to think of the 
heath as a cheerless spot. Oftentimes, however, its wide 
carpet presents a scene of wild and rich beauty; and the 
purplish-red colour of the bells of the heather, and the 
sweet perfume of the golden furze and broom, and other 
flowers, and the constant humming of the wild bees, 
which, so long as the sky is unclouded, are hovering in 
swarms about it, delight the senses of those who, amid the 
scenes of nature, have an eye to mark, an ear to listen, 
and a heart to love. 
