FOOTNOTES[1]Haunts of the Wild Flowers.[2]Unless it be Canon John Vaughan, in those two delightful books of his,The Wild-Flowers of SelborneandThe Music of Wild-Flowers.[3]From Shelley's short lyric, "The Question," perhaps the most beautiful flower-poem in the language.[4]Flora of Surrey, by J. A. Brewer, 1863.[5]Essay on "Wild Flowers," inThe Open Air.[6]So, too, had the poet Wordsworth; of whom William Morris, who disliked the Wordsworthian cult, used to say, in explanation of such antipathy: "The fellow couldn't smell."[7]See the beautiful chapter on "The Living Garment," in Mr. W. H. Hudson'sNature in Downland.[8]Quoted inA Garden of Herbs, by E. S. Rohde.[9]FromMy Rock Garden, by Reginald Farrer, p. 257.[10]Æneid, I. 691-4.[11]See note on p. 12.[12]Natural History of Selborne, ch. lvi.[13]Thrice blest, if they but knew what joys are theirs![14]The Herball, by J. Gerarde. Enlarged and amended by Thomas Johnson, 1636.[15]Not so obtuse of heart we Tyrians are.[16]Rabbits eat the leaves without harm to themselves, but their flesh becomes injurious to human beings. A case of poisoning of this sort was lately reported from Oxted.[17]For a charming description of the purple saxifrage, seeHolidays in High Lands, by Hugh Macmillan (1869).[18]SeeThe Flora of Carnarvonshire, by John E. Griffith, andA Flora of the English Lake District, by J. G. Baker, two books which are of great value in showing the localities of mountain plants.[19]In Parkinson'sTheatrum Botanicum(1640) it is remarked of rose-root that it grows "oftentimes in the ruggiest places, and most dangerous of them, scarce accessible, and so steepe that they may soon tumble downe that doe not very warily looke to their footing."[20]Wild Flowers of Scotland, by J. H. Crawford.[21]In the Cairngorm mountains, the globe-flower ascends to a height of 3,000 feet (see Mr. Seton Gordon'sWanderings of a Naturalist); in the Alps to 8,000.[22]"This [herb] was choice, because of prime use in medicine; and that, more choice, for yielding a rare flavour to pottage; and a third choicest of all, because possessed of no merit but its extreme scarcity."—Scott'sQuentin Durward.
[1]Haunts of the Wild Flowers.
[1]Haunts of the Wild Flowers.
[2]Unless it be Canon John Vaughan, in those two delightful books of his,The Wild-Flowers of SelborneandThe Music of Wild-Flowers.
[2]Unless it be Canon John Vaughan, in those two delightful books of his,The Wild-Flowers of SelborneandThe Music of Wild-Flowers.
[3]From Shelley's short lyric, "The Question," perhaps the most beautiful flower-poem in the language.
[3]From Shelley's short lyric, "The Question," perhaps the most beautiful flower-poem in the language.
[4]Flora of Surrey, by J. A. Brewer, 1863.
[4]Flora of Surrey, by J. A. Brewer, 1863.
[5]Essay on "Wild Flowers," inThe Open Air.
[5]Essay on "Wild Flowers," inThe Open Air.
[6]So, too, had the poet Wordsworth; of whom William Morris, who disliked the Wordsworthian cult, used to say, in explanation of such antipathy: "The fellow couldn't smell."
[6]So, too, had the poet Wordsworth; of whom William Morris, who disliked the Wordsworthian cult, used to say, in explanation of such antipathy: "The fellow couldn't smell."
[7]See the beautiful chapter on "The Living Garment," in Mr. W. H. Hudson'sNature in Downland.
[7]See the beautiful chapter on "The Living Garment," in Mr. W. H. Hudson'sNature in Downland.
[8]Quoted inA Garden of Herbs, by E. S. Rohde.
[8]Quoted inA Garden of Herbs, by E. S. Rohde.
[9]FromMy Rock Garden, by Reginald Farrer, p. 257.
[9]FromMy Rock Garden, by Reginald Farrer, p. 257.
[10]Æneid, I. 691-4.
[10]Æneid, I. 691-4.
[11]See note on p. 12.
[11]See note on p. 12.
[12]Natural History of Selborne, ch. lvi.
[12]Natural History of Selborne, ch. lvi.
[13]Thrice blest, if they but knew what joys are theirs!
[13]Thrice blest, if they but knew what joys are theirs!
[14]The Herball, by J. Gerarde. Enlarged and amended by Thomas Johnson, 1636.
[14]The Herball, by J. Gerarde. Enlarged and amended by Thomas Johnson, 1636.
[15]Not so obtuse of heart we Tyrians are.
[15]Not so obtuse of heart we Tyrians are.
[16]Rabbits eat the leaves without harm to themselves, but their flesh becomes injurious to human beings. A case of poisoning of this sort was lately reported from Oxted.
[16]Rabbits eat the leaves without harm to themselves, but their flesh becomes injurious to human beings. A case of poisoning of this sort was lately reported from Oxted.
[17]For a charming description of the purple saxifrage, seeHolidays in High Lands, by Hugh Macmillan (1869).
[17]For a charming description of the purple saxifrage, seeHolidays in High Lands, by Hugh Macmillan (1869).
[18]SeeThe Flora of Carnarvonshire, by John E. Griffith, andA Flora of the English Lake District, by J. G. Baker, two books which are of great value in showing the localities of mountain plants.
[18]SeeThe Flora of Carnarvonshire, by John E. Griffith, andA Flora of the English Lake District, by J. G. Baker, two books which are of great value in showing the localities of mountain plants.
[19]In Parkinson'sTheatrum Botanicum(1640) it is remarked of rose-root that it grows "oftentimes in the ruggiest places, and most dangerous of them, scarce accessible, and so steepe that they may soon tumble downe that doe not very warily looke to their footing."
[19]In Parkinson'sTheatrum Botanicum(1640) it is remarked of rose-root that it grows "oftentimes in the ruggiest places, and most dangerous of them, scarce accessible, and so steepe that they may soon tumble downe that doe not very warily looke to their footing."
[20]Wild Flowers of Scotland, by J. H. Crawford.
[20]Wild Flowers of Scotland, by J. H. Crawford.
[21]In the Cairngorm mountains, the globe-flower ascends to a height of 3,000 feet (see Mr. Seton Gordon'sWanderings of a Naturalist); in the Alps to 8,000.
[21]In the Cairngorm mountains, the globe-flower ascends to a height of 3,000 feet (see Mr. Seton Gordon'sWanderings of a Naturalist); in the Alps to 8,000.
[22]"This [herb] was choice, because of prime use in medicine; and that, more choice, for yielding a rare flavour to pottage; and a third choicest of all, because possessed of no merit but its extreme scarcity."—Scott'sQuentin Durward.
[22]"This [herb] was choice, because of prime use in medicine; and that, more choice, for yielding a rare flavour to pottage; and a third choicest of all, because possessed of no merit but its extreme scarcity."—Scott'sQuentin Durward.
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