How Beautiful Leaves Grow Old by John Burroughs How beautiful leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days. As featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. John Burroughs Related posts: Thoughts in a Garden Golden-bell Clematis Where Sucks the Bee Now The Redstart She Had Only to Stand in the Orchard ← The Beauty of SparsenessMichaelmas Folklore: Blackberries, the Devil, and a Lingering Curse →