"In Summer there were white and damask roses, and the smell of thyme and musk. In Spring there were green gooseberries and throstles [thrush], and the flowers they call ceninen [daffodils]. And leeks and cabbages also grew in that garden; and between long straight alleys, and apple-trained espaliers, there were beds of strawberries, and mint, and sage."
Beatrix Potter was an English author and illustrator best known for The Tale of Peter Rabbit and related children's books. She was also a naturalist and conservationist who preserved significant land in England's Lake District.