WILD PLOWEES OF SEPTEMBEE. 



CHAP. XX. 



NEW IMAGES ARISING IN THE MIND FROM THE PURSUIT 

 OF BOTANY RARE PLANT AT PENNARD CASTLE, ITS 

 ASPECT, AND RESULTING REFLECTIONS EXCURSION ON 

 THE BLACK MOUNTAIN ABOVE LLANTONY ABBEY AU- 

 TUMNAL LANDSCAPE ACCOUNT OF THE MONOTROPA 

 CHARACTERISTIC FLORA OF SEPTEMBER ECONOMY OF 

 THE AUTUMNAL CROCUS THE PARNASSIA PALUSTRIS 

 EVENING PROSPECT FROM THE LITTLE SKIRRID. 



" Where meditation leads, 



By flowing stream, through wood, or craggy wild, 

 Lov'd haunts like these." 



" The gloom of dark forests, the grandeur of mountains, 



The verdure of meads, and the beauty of flowers ; 

 The seclusion of valleys, the freshness of fountains, 

 The sequester'd delights of the loveliest bowers.". 



BERNARD BARTON. 



I HAYE before remarked the fresh inlet of ideas 

 opened to the mind by a minute attention to the floral 

 gems that so gorgeously ornament earth's undulating 

 bosom ; so that, even a moderate acquaintance with 

 botanical science, places in the hands and unfolds to 

 the view, as Dr. AENOTT has remarked " keys which 

 give admission to the most delightful gardens which 

 fancy can picture a magic power which unveils the 

 face of the universe, and discloses endless charms of 



