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“June is the beginning of summer, and on the 24th of this month is Midsummer Day. The old legends tell us that on Midsummer Night the fairies have their dances and revels.”

Nature Summer Midsummer

Book:What To Look For In Summer

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“June is the month when the meadows are full of flowers and blossoming grasses. Hedge-parsley and chervil are both ni flower, together with many others of their kind that bear sprayes in the shape of upside- down umbrellas. They are sweet-scented in both leaf and blossom.”

Nature Summer Plants

Book:What To Look For In Summer

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“There is a country rhyme which says : "When the oak comes before the ash. Then be ready for a splash. When the ash before the oak. Then be ready for a soak.”

Summer Rhyme Natureral

Book:What To Look For In Summer

Source: What To Look For In Summer

“The yellow Iris by the edge of the river is in early blossom, some buds opened and others opening. The flower has only three petals; what look like inner petals are really stigmas that fold back, covering the stamens. These plants spread by their creeping roots; their orange seeds can, when ripe, be ground up and used as a sub- stitute for coffee.”

Nature Summer Blooms

Book:What To Look For In Summer

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“Two damsel-flies are on the tall, flowering rush. These are the smallest of the British dragon-flies, and they prey on gnats, July-browns, and other insects. Beside the water-vole grow arrowhead plants, and to the left the great water-plantain. Both have three- petalled flowers. Their roots are deep in mud under the water, and they are growing in the shallows at the canal's edge together with the rushes. The canal passes under a bridge, and you can see how the tow-path also goes under it so that a horse that pulls a barge can pass thereon. On the towpath fishermen are sitting, and one of them has just caught a fish: not too big to be landed with a skilful jerk.”

Nature Summer Stream British Countryside

Book:What To Look For In Summer

Source: What To Look For In Summer

“By the end of February many signs of Spring have already appeared and, as the days grow longer, the hearts of country dwellers are stirred to renewed wonder at the swelling of buds and the sight of the early blossoms of hazel, willow, alder and poplar. In March come the violets and celandines, and although the easterly winds often blow strong and cold, we know that March will soon be followed by April-when windows can be opened again, and hedgehogs and dormice can end their hibernation and enjoy the sunshine. With Spring comes the greatest wonder of the year-possibly even more beautiful than Summer.”

Nature Summer Spring

Book:What to Look For in Spring

Source: What to Look For in Spring