early-budding

Updated: June 11, 2025

At present, nothing could be seen on that side but the high embankment, and the few rods of garden-ground. On the other side were the willows, already green and beautiful, and some early-budding shrubs and the grass. Then there was the water, flowing down between the two bridges, and, over all, the blue sky and the sweet spring air.

Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson - The Inglises : Or, How the Way Opened