The Call of the Wildflower

The Call of the Wildflower

The Call of the WildflowerI am indebted to the courtesy of the editors of the Daily News,...
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Author: Salt, Henry S.,1851-1939
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The Call of the Wildflower

The Call of the Wildflower

$106.08 $53.01

The Call of the Wildflower

$106.08 $53.01
Author: Salt, Henry S.,1851-1939
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Call of the Wildflower

I am indebted to the courtesy of the editors of the Daily News, Pall Mall Gazette, Liverpool Daily Post, and Sussex Daily News, for permission to reprint in this book the substance of articles that first appeared in their columns. The "call of the wild," where the love of flowers is concerned, has an attraction which is not the less powerful because it is difficult to explain. The charm of the garden may be strong, but it is not so strong as that which draws us to seek for wildflowers in their native haunts, whether of shore or water-meadow, field or wood, moorland or mountain. A garden is but a "zoo" (with the cruelty omitted); and just as the true natural history is that which sends us to study animals in the wilds, not to coop them in cages, so the true botany must bring man to the flower, not the flower to man. That the lovers of wildflowersthose, at least, who can give active expression to their loveare not a numerous folk, is perhaps not surprising; for even a moderate knowledge of the subject demands[Pg 10] such favourable conditions as free access to nature, with opportunities for observation beyond what most persons command; but what they lack in numbers they make up in zeal, and to none is the approach of spring more welcome than to those who are then on the watch for the reappearance of floral friends. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 34380
Author: Salt, Henry S.
Release Date: Nov 21, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English

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