E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Vallombro’sa.
Milton says, “Thick as autumnal leaves that strew the brooks in Vallombrosa” (Paradise Lost, i. 302); but as the trees of Vallombrosa are chiefly pines, they do not strew the brooks with autumnal leaves. The beech and chestnut trees are by no means numerous.
