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vegetable life perennial, alluring its votaries peri- 

 odically to the same haunts, with a freshness of 

 interest derived from the simple renovation of 

 the same colours and forms. This also gives a 

 value to every local Flora ; — for, however little it 

 may contribute to the stock of acquired know- 

 ledge, by extending the means and sphere of 

 observation, it seems to enlarge the dominions of 

 nature. 



The object of the following botanical notices, 

 therefore, is merely to exhibit the productive 

 nature of one among the many districts in our 

 island, still untouched by the hand of agriculture. 

 And if, in adding one page to the labours of 

 topographers, I shall have pointed out a new 

 or little-trodden field, for the frequent gratification 

 of taste and quiet contemplation, this paper will 

 not be wholly useless. 



The classical author of the " Natural History 

 of Selborne," has afforded a cheering example of 

 patient research and careful observation, by 

 bringing together as many curious and valuable 

 facts in Natural History from the annals of one 

 little district, as most men have been able to 

 produce from the records of whole kingdoms. 

 He has left us, likewise, his testimony to the 

 value of individual examination. In that inva- 



