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bid fair for the next year's fruit ; a general tenacity in the 

 leaves of trees to retain their hold longer than usual, perhaps 

 the effect of the first part of autumn being very dry, which 

 may justify the remarks made by you on the orange trees of 

 Paris, which, you say, although closely stowed into badly 

 lighted houses in winter, yet keep their leaves well, on account 

 of withholding water from them in September \_Gard. Mag,, 

 vol. vii. p. 133.]« I renounce X. Y. Z., and subscribe myself, 

 Sir, yours, &c. — George Duncan. Near Renfrew, Nov, 16. 

 1831. 



FORFARSHIRE. 



Remarks during a Walk on the Coast of Fo7 far shire, — One 

 beautiful morning in June, when the rising sun had tinged the 

 green hills with refulgent gold, and lit up the clear waters of 

 the Tay with sparkling brilliancy, I left Dundee, and pro- 

 ceeded along the margin of the river on the road leading to 

 Broughty. The morning was extremely pleasant, the flowers 

 breathed their sweetest incense, the trees were apparelled in 

 richest verdure, a thousand warbling minstrels mingled their 

 melodies in a matin hymn, and I went on my way rejoicing. 

 Before entering the village of Broughty, there is on the beach 

 a ridge of rocks denominated the Hare Craigs, which pre- 

 sents the botanical amateur with several interesting objects. 

 The beautiful Dianthus deltoides, the Erythrae^a Centaurium, 

 jSedum anglicum, »Spirae'a Filipendula, and the pretty little 

 Teesdal/« nudicaulis, are here in abundance; and in the cre- 

 vices of the rocks may be found ^splenium ^diantum nigrum 

 and Trichomanes. The descent from these rocks led me into 

 the populous village of Broughty, which exhibited a gay and 

 animated spectacle, from the crowds of emigrants that had 

 resorted hither from all parts of the country, to breathe the 

 salubrious air, and bathe their limbs in the invigorating waters 

 of Tay. Two miles farther onward, I came to Monifieth, 

 and culled specimens of ^Sisymbrium Sophia, y^nchusa semper- 

 virens, Malva rotundifolia, and Carduus Maria^m^, which 

 luxuriantly decorated the waysides. I now entered upon 

 that extensive tract of sandy downs called the Sands of Bar- 

 rie, which is a rich field for the lover of nature. A ramble 

 on these downs, though fraught with all the inconveniences 

 of desert-travelling, as heat, thirst, and fatigue, will yet amply 

 remunerate him for his toils. Here he will meet with that 

 singular plant JSryngium maritimum; and, in profusion, ^ri- 

 geron acris, Geniidna Amarella, Erodium cicutarium, Salsola 

 Kali, Cochlearia officinalis and anglica, 5alix repens and ar- 

 gentea, wuth many other willows ; and, in moist places, Sper- 



