Woodland Life

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Thicket of varied grasses and blossoming plants. A myriad stars of stitchwort and purple Spires of orchis join hands, as it were, over the elm-branches swathed deep in the lush growths of spring. Shadowing the spangled blossoms rise the lofty columnar boles of the elm-trees, with the black nest of a crow swinging on the topmost boughs — the nest already.