The leaves are not only three in number, but are each cut deeply thrice; they are hardy, but the flower extremely delicate.
On the banks dividing the copse from the meadows around it the blue dog-violets, which have no perfume, often opened so large and wide as to resemble pansies.

They do not appear like this till just as their flowering time is almost over.

The meadows by the copse were small, not more than two or three acres each.

One which was marshy was white for weeks together with the lady's-smock or cuckoo-flower.

The petals of these flowers are silvery white in some places, in others tinted with lilac.