COUNTRY LIFE
An Easter Bourne If anyone wishes to see a beautiful thing at Easter time, he could scarcely make a mistake in visiting any district where the plum tree is cultivated ; and the plum of plums is the Pershore, not only the particular variety which goes by that name, but all that flourish in the Pershore and Evesham districts. One of the most gorgeous views in England is 110,w At its best. The leaf is rather late and the blossom rather early, so that there is no qualification of the whiteness which covers the vale of Evesham and spreads below any observer on the low slopes below the Malvern Hills. Last year's suns have ensured a rich blossoming, and, though excesses of the weather have done injury, enough beauty remains to offer a supreme feast. The valley of the Teme, near Tenbury, is in some regards richer and lovelier, but not at the height of the plum blossoming. It happens by an accident, of which we may wisely take advantage, that Easter in England is timed to meet an ideal celebration of its meaning. How resurgent our world appears !
Previous page
