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What other hardier pioneer would come, hatchet in hand, to cut down the dark copses?

In the morning he had a spin in the ice-boat with his hostess and a few of the hardier guests; in the afternoon he "went over the farm" with Reggie, and listened, in the elaborately appointed stables, to long and impressive disquisitions on the horse; after tea he talked in a corner of the firelit hall with a young lady who had professed herself broken-hearted when his engagement was announced, but was now eager to tell him of her own matrimonial hopes; and finally, about midnight, he assisted in putting a gold-fish in one visitor's bed, dressed up a burglar in the bath-room of a nervous aunt, and saw in the small hours by joining in a pillow-fight that ranged from the nurseries to the basement.

The tropical verdure of the lowlands was replaced by hardier vegetation, but even here the effects of constant heat and light were apparent in the immensity of the trees and the profusion of foliage and blooms.

Yet he adds, "They are not hardier than other people." But, probably, man did not live long on the earth without discovering the convenience which there is in a house, the domestic comforts, which phrase may have originally signified the satisfactions of the house more than of the family; though these must be extremely partial and occasional in those climates where the house is associated in our thoughts with winter or the rainy season chiefly, and two thirds of the year, except for a parasol, is unnecessary.

The trees, the flowers and the shrubs were of a hardier type, and I realized that at night the Galu blanket might be almost a necessity.

Firmness, activity, and enterprise, covered with grave foliage, poetic feeling and fervour; but these flowers were still there, preserved pure and dewy under the umbrage of later growth and hardier nature: perhaps I only in the world knew the secret of their existence, but to me they were ever ready to yield an exquisite fragrance and present a beauty as chaste as radiant.

Traditionally only suitable for growing in warm coastal gardens, there is now a huge range of hardier varieties - and we've got some crackers on offer.

The new research should also boost efforts to breed hardier honeybees, says Robinson.

In Maryland, for example, when watershed imperviousness exceeds 25%, only hardier reptiles and amphibians can thrive, while more pollution-sensitive species are eliminated, according to a 1999 Maryland Department of Natural Resources report titled From the Mountains to the Sea.

For example, in western North Carolina, planting native serviceberry, dogwood, hawthorn, viburnum, or fringetree rather than exotic crabapples, cherries, or plums will give you a hardier flowering display that is more wildlife-friendly.

In cold regions you can always cheat by supplementing borderline plants with tropical-looking ones that are hardier than they appear, such as yuccas, figs, gunnera or the giant rhubarb, Rheum palmatum.

7Move hardier bedding plants such as antirrhinums and petunias to the cold frames.