HISTORY OF THE REFLEX THEORY

WHEN an untravelled Englishman takes his walk across the wide-stretched parks of his native land, or strolls over the green meadows of the nearest village, or even if his view be confined to his garden lawn only, he will hardly be aware that the turfy carpet, to which he is so accustomed, cannot be equalled in the evenness and regularity of its pile, or the greenness of its colour, in any other country under the sun.