Bowles, Edward Augustus, 1865-1954 · London, T. C. & E. C. Jack · leaf 379
of unwholesome greens, lividpurples, and pallid pinks, the livery of putrescence in fact,and it possesses an odour to match the colouring. I onceentrapped the vicar of a poor parish into smelling it, andwhen he had recovered his breath he s^id it reminded himof a pauper funeral. It only exhales… … The Culmination of Spring must be some extra gamey carrion down in its bristlythroat, and hurry in to the feast, passing easily over thestiff bristles that point inwards in the narrowed portion ofthe passage. But once in they find these fleshy hairsprevent their getting out again, and on a sunny…
Gardening · Gardens
Internet Archive · Cornell University Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
