68 FLORIDA DAYS.

.' light before it fades into green dusk again.
 The grass is thick in the wet darkness along
 the walls under the tangle of jessamine; and
 springing superbly out of the shadows at its
 feet, a great palm will lift its stately head into
 the dazzling sky.













 Such a garden is very still; the jessamine on
 the wall holds the brimming light unspilled in its
 gold chalice; a petal from a rose's open bosom
 floats rather than falls in the stagnant air, al-
 though, up above, the palm-branches swing and
 whisper, rustling faintly in a wind which is not felt
 below. Heavy-headed roses make the air faint
 with sweetness, and orange-trees, thick with blos-