Sentence:  True, the wreath might have been improved with a little more care; [...] Though, after all, we are, perhaps, too <WSD>chary</WSD>; for in nature every leaf is not ironed out to a form, nor propped up with a wiry precision; but blown and ruffled by the refreshing breezes, and looking as easy, and careless, and unaffected, as a child that bounds along with its silken locks tossed to and fro just as the wind uplifts them. Page after page of this volume have we perused with a feeling of pleasure and admiration. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Excessively particular or fussy about details; fastidious.