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flowers; the verdant hue of the fields and woods invigorates 
and delights the eye ; the ear is soothed with the happy sounds 
of innocence and love; and all around are thousands of blos- 
soms, arrayed in their varied robes of loveliness, to gladden 
the heart and awaken its holiest thoughts and feelings ; for 
“ A flower is not a flower alone, 
A thousand sanctities invest it ; 
And as they form a radiant zone, 
Around its simple beauty thrown, 
Their magic tints become its own, 
As if their spirits had possessed it." 
Such a delicious morning was the 24th of June; and 1 could 
have lingered by the fragrant hedge-rows, where the merry 
bee was sipping the honied treasures of the wild rose, to ad- 
mire the beautiful structure of Flora’s more common produc- 
tions, and hold sweet converse with such humble gems as the 
daisy and the violet; but as the purpose of my present mis- 
sion was to search out her rarities, all tendency to loitering, 
where these were not to be found, had to be subdued.” 
In this agreeable state of mind does Mr. Gardiner set out 
upon his excursion, and notes down the scenery and the vege- 
tation, and strong impression they made upon him. The 
Second ramble is to the * Linn of Corrymulzie ;” the third to 
“ Ben-na-Board,” rich in rare Alpine plants, especially Cryp- 
togamia ; the fourth to “ Morne” mountain; the fifth to 
‘ Craig Koynoch and the Lion’s Face;" the sixth to “ Glen 
Callater,” where, as our author observes, 
“ Boon nature scattered free and wild 
Each plant or flower, the mountain's child ;" 
the seventh to “ Cairn-a-Drochel ;? the eighth to “ Ben 
k ;" the ninth, * Canlochen ;" the tenth, “ Glen Quoich ;” 
e eleventh, * Falls of the Garrawalt, and forest of Balloch- 
wie ;” the twelfth, * Ben Avon.” These are all mountain 
Qu eUrsions, and are followed by an appendix on the plants of © 
: low grounds of Forfarshire, and especially those of the 
