WILD FLOWEKS OF JULY. 



CHAP. XY. 



CHARMS OF ASSOCIATION CONSIDERED DRUIDICAL OAK IN 

 THE FOREST OF DEAN PLANTS IMMIGRATING FROM 

 ROCKS TO RUINS A SCENE ON THE WYE STONECROPS 

 AND OTHER SPECIOUS PLANTS OF THE ^ESTIVAL FLORA 

 SOLITARY MUSINGS THISTLES, DROPWORTS, &C. 

 CERRIG CENNEN CASTLE AND CHEDDER CLIFFS PINKS 

 ON CRAIG DIGANWY PLANTS GROWING ON RUINS AD- 

 VENTURE AT OYSTERMOUTH. 



" Time, Time, his withering touch hath laid 



On battlement and tow'r ; 

 And where the banner was display 'd 

 Now only waves a flower !" 



Whether presenting a bouquet of flowers with cour- 

 teous smile to his lady-love, or moralizing as he hangs 

 over the top-most turret of some princely ruin, to 

 pluck a sweet gem that smiles amidst the desolation 

 there, like an iridean tinge upon a dark cloud, the 

 Botanical Looker-Out is ever at home. The charm of 

 association is one of the most delightful links in the 

 concatenation of life, and they know nothing who 

 think the real lover of plants in their wild habitats, 

 merely desires to arrange a flower among the "orders" 

 of LINN^US, or domesticate it in the "families" of 

 JUSSIEU or DE CANDOLLE. The searching botanist 

 has the love of picturesque scenery in him perhaps 

 more than most other persons, and the incitations of 



