What a pleasant thing for a man whom the ignorant think to be alone to have the plants speaking Greek and Latin to him, and putting him in mind of stories which otherwise he would never think of.
William Coles (1626-1662), The Art of Simpling: An Introduction to the Knowledge and Gathering of Plants (1656).
J.W.Waterhouse, 'Echo and Narcissus' (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool).
