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there. The following may be particularly enume- 

 rated : 



Nasturtium sylvestre 

 Isatis tinctoria 

 Brassica campestris 

 Sinapis nigra 

 Dianthus Armeria 

 Rhamnus catharticus 

 Lathyrus Nissolia 

 Pyrus torminalis 

 Pastinaca sativa 

 .ZEnanthe pimpinelloides 

 Sison Amomum 

 Petroselinum segetum 



Campanula patula 



trachelium 



Tanacetum vulgare 

 Centaurea Scabiosa 

 Ligustrum vulgare 

 Salvia verbenaca 

 Ballota nigra 

 Nepeta cataria 

 Galeopsis Ladanum 

 Thymus Calamintha 

 Colcbicum autumnale 

 Alliuin vineale 



In recording the habitats of plants, as affected by 

 soils, the interlopers that attend upon manured arable 

 lands must not be lost sight of by the careful botani- 

 cal observer. 



The corn field, when approaching to maturity, in 

 the height of summer, often blazes with gorgeous 

 stranger-plants, agrarians as they may be called, 

 that seem almost unknown anywhere, except as atten- 

 dant ministers upon the gifts of Ceres. Here the 

 courtier poppy lifts his scarlet turban, and slowly 

 rises from, apparent somnolency ; here, too, the bril- 

 liant golden Corn-marygold (Ghrysomthenvum segetuvi), 

 uselessly gems the field ; and the Blue-bottle (Cen- 

 taurea Cyanus), and Corn-cockle (Agrostemma GitJiago), 

 shine brilliantly indeed, but, like ornaments on the 

 breast of beauty, adding no intrinsic value to the spot 

 where they sparkle. But how came these strangers 

 among us, and how are they propagated ? Did the 

 first settlers in our island bring corn with them, or 

 did Phoenician vessels impart the god-like boon ? In 

 either case, mixed with the seed corn " rubicuuda 



