The Heather in Lore, Lyric and Lay by Alexander Wallace (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Heather in Lore, Lyric and Lay by Alexander Wallace A more opportune time, perhaps, could not have been chosen in which to tell the absorbing nature story of the Heather than this year, the centenary of the council at which Science, in its discernment, removed from the plant its ancient and ill - deserved appellation of Erica, and clothed it with its pres ent designation of Calluna, so much more truly ex pressive of its unique beauty and charm. No attempt has been made to enter fully into the botanical or cultural details connected with the plant: These have been treated only in a casual man ner; still, it is hoped sufficient information has been given to prove serviceable. The effort has been rather to cull from the multitude of references to the Heather abounding in Scottish and other literature, and to weave the sprays thus gathered into a literary gar land the beauty and attractiveness of which shall lie in the depth of the sentiment pervading it, and in the aroma of patriotic love that it exhales. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.