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Centaury, a yellow Geum, two varieties of Campanula, a Statice grow- 
ing in pure dry sand, a harsh branching dwarf variety, with pale whitish 
flowers; several varieties of the family Borago, including Viper’s Bu- 
gloss, and a most lovely capitate Lithospermum, with bright uliramarine 
flowers with a brilliant white eye, which would have been a great acqui- 
sition to the bedding garden, if I had been fortunate enough to have 
procured seed later in the year. This, with the Statice, and the yellow 
Immortelle, and a pink Helichrysum, were all growing in a sandy waste at 
Aladyn, among some eurious rocky columns of natural formation. 
Some of the small trees were enveloped in garlands of Traveller's Joy 
(Clematis Vitalba). Large Thistles were in great quantities, with fine 
crimson heads. Growing about two feet high, and climbing among the 
shrubs, was a lovely large white Convolvulus, nearly as large as a cof- 
fee-cup ; and amongst twiners were Vines, Bryony, and a shining heart- 
shaped leaf, with thorny, tough stems, very like a Smilaz, but could not 
find a flower. Nota Fern, Lichen or Moss to be found. I found a 
Peony in seed once or twice, and some fine Verbascum, particularly a 
branching variety, which I take to be ‘“‘remigerum,” looking like a 
plant of common Broom. There was an herbaceous plant which I 
did not know, growing in a spike with flowers of a dirty white, 
»rettily veined with brown, with an intensely white lip ; * and the Thorn 
Apple, Datura Stramonium, was very common, as also the common Flax 
and Hemp. 
In the neighbourhood of the Bosphorus the trees which take your 
eye most are the Oriental Planes, some of them of gigantic size; 
and the banks from Stamboul to the Black Sea are gay in the spring 
with Erica arborea, Cystus, wild Lavender, Judas-trees, interspersed 
with which are dwarf shrubs of Ardutus Unedo; and in the hedges are 
found the true Damask Rose, with a peculiar and delicate scent, the 
foliage looking as if covered with an impalpable powder, the flowers of 
a very delicate flesh-colour ; and Jasminum revolutum in quantities ; 
Sweet Bay; Quercus ad bearing on the leaves, in spring, a scarlet 
bladder coccus. Some very pretty varieties of Oak: one dwarf, with | 
very downy young foliage, grey and woolly; one with very minute 
acorns, looking as if made for a lady's head-dress; another, very large | 
and pendulous ; also Crategus Pyracanthus, and Privet. The Castor- - 
* I opened one of the flowers and made a slight sketeh : e it grew was like 
a Mullein. 
