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Article A SKETCH FROM COLOGNE, WITH A PEEP INTO HOLLAND. ← Page 13 of 14 →
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A Sketch From Cologne, With A Peep Into Holland.
Avoods , " famous for nightingales . " Soon cottage gardens began to clot the plains ; these habitations looked poor , but bore about them the national signs of industry ancl forethought , such as well-scoured tubs , brazen vessels , and neat stacks of Avood , laid up ready for Avinter ; and , where , on a bit of cherished earthfloAvers grew in rich profusionthere ivere ranges of
bee-, , hives , sheltered by clipped hedges . Then rose dark , odorous fir plantations , to" be better cultivated when the land should be improved by its first growth ; next , miniature forests of young oaks , successors to the firs ; after this a rich carpet , stretching far and ivide , gay ivith patches of buck-wheat , purple clover , ancl yelloiv corn , Avith reapers just
beginning the harvest work . Then came the farm gardens , gaudy with nasturtiums and dahlias , and scarlet beans wreathed on poles , ancl shaped into boivers . What signs of peace and plenty in the well-stocked farm-yards , and in the meadows teeming with cattle , lazily dozing in the long grass ! More cottage gardens ; no more moorlands noiv , hut acres and acres
of buck-wheat , ancl clover , and beans , of which last the scent was wafted into the carriage . More busy people , where the corn had ripened early . What charming groups in gipsy hats , and bright petticoats , and trim jackets , resting * against the great sheaves , and eating their mid-day meal at leisure ; ancl what a relief to the eye when it fell on bright pools , where children were at play on the banks among the spiral foxglove—pink , yelloAv , blue , lilac—and the tall feathery grasses , that would have rejoiced the eyes of a botanist !
What a grove 01 horse-chesnut trees , waving their green boughs over the brows of tired reapers sleeping in the ihade ! What silvery rills , parting the buck-wheat , and the clover , and the corn ! These rills mark the boundaries , they receive the waters that might otherwise flood the earth , refresh the parched lips of the cattle in summer droughts , and irrigate the
land . They are better than hedges in every Avay , and save time , labour , and expense . As Ave approach the toAvns , stately mansions rise at the end of long avenues , Here are no stiff parterres , as I expected . The laivns are trimly kept , but their flatness is relieved by lakes winding along beneath the graceful willows , and the
temples , where ladies are sitting , are Avreathed with flowers . What grace there is in those vase-shaped baskets , pendent betAveen the pillars of the colonnades , with creeping plants streaming from them in profusion ! and mark the contrast of that mill breaking the soft outline of the wood . NOAV what a pretty farm ! a bit of it ivould make a picture ; take , for invoi ,. r . 2 it
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Sketch From Cologne, With A Peep Into Holland.
Avoods , " famous for nightingales . " Soon cottage gardens began to clot the plains ; these habitations looked poor , but bore about them the national signs of industry ancl forethought , such as well-scoured tubs , brazen vessels , and neat stacks of Avood , laid up ready for Avinter ; and , where , on a bit of cherished earthfloAvers grew in rich profusionthere ivere ranges of
bee-, , hives , sheltered by clipped hedges . Then rose dark , odorous fir plantations , to" be better cultivated when the land should be improved by its first growth ; next , miniature forests of young oaks , successors to the firs ; after this a rich carpet , stretching far and ivide , gay ivith patches of buck-wheat , purple clover , ancl yelloiv corn , Avith reapers just
beginning the harvest work . Then came the farm gardens , gaudy with nasturtiums and dahlias , and scarlet beans wreathed on poles , ancl shaped into boivers . What signs of peace and plenty in the well-stocked farm-yards , and in the meadows teeming with cattle , lazily dozing in the long grass ! More cottage gardens ; no more moorlands noiv , hut acres and acres
of buck-wheat , ancl clover , and beans , of which last the scent was wafted into the carriage . More busy people , where the corn had ripened early . What charming groups in gipsy hats , and bright petticoats , and trim jackets , resting * against the great sheaves , and eating their mid-day meal at leisure ; ancl what a relief to the eye when it fell on bright pools , where children were at play on the banks among the spiral foxglove—pink , yelloAv , blue , lilac—and the tall feathery grasses , that would have rejoiced the eyes of a botanist !
What a grove 01 horse-chesnut trees , waving their green boughs over the brows of tired reapers sleeping in the ihade ! What silvery rills , parting the buck-wheat , and the clover , and the corn ! These rills mark the boundaries , they receive the waters that might otherwise flood the earth , refresh the parched lips of the cattle in summer droughts , and irrigate the
land . They are better than hedges in every Avay , and save time , labour , and expense . As Ave approach the toAvns , stately mansions rise at the end of long avenues , Here are no stiff parterres , as I expected . The laivns are trimly kept , but their flatness is relieved by lakes winding along beneath the graceful willows , and the
temples , where ladies are sitting , are Avreathed with flowers . What grace there is in those vase-shaped baskets , pendent betAveen the pillars of the colonnades , with creeping plants streaming from them in profusion ! and mark the contrast of that mill breaking the soft outline of the wood . NOAV what a pretty farm ! a bit of it ivould make a picture ; take , for invoi ,. r . 2 it