Tall foxgloves toss their heads beside the wall, pale harebells deck the banks, the deep cerulean blue of the Canterbury bell refreshes the eye and the grass of Parnassus gleams like pearls. Wild strawberries and raspberries are in the hedgerows, the several willow-herbs and loosetrife glow in purple and rose by the river, and the spearwort love to nestle near the becks. Rare or common, but all beautiful, the ferns and flowers spread their delicate robes over the soft curves of the valley, and clothe the beauty of form with the warm loveliness of colour.
Lane-Poole/North-West, 1903
THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT 
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