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former communication : for tbat place consists of 

 a farm of between 2000 and 3000 acres, including 

 the Twinlaw Cairns, situated on the highest land in 

 Berwickshire, and known as a landmark at nearly 

 thirty miles from the sea; and there is neither 

 valley nor water in the farm, beyond the little 

 ravines containing the small mountain streams 

 which run down from the higher parts to a 

 comparatively flat land of some extent on the 

 south side of it, and beyond it. The place has 

 always had this name. I am still eudeavourizig 

 to ascertain the origin of the name. J S.s. 



Blue and Yellow Flowers (Vol. xii., p. 109.) 



The iris is the best and boldest commentator on 

 De Candolle's assertion, being, like the pansy, 

 familiar to us all, either all blue, all yellow, or 

 mixed ; perhaps the lupine comes in third. 



The flax, the centaury, the scabious, the garlic 

 (allium), and the aconite (aconiturn), present well- 

 coloured specimens of yellow or blue. In the 

 crocus and the groundsel the blue is rather lilac. 



The day lily \hemeroeallis) is blue, yellow, or 

 dull red, as the botanic names, cerulea, Jlava, and 

 ftdva, indicate. The oxlip (Primula elatior) is 

 yellow, scarlet, or dull blue. We have scarlet, 

 yellow, and blue salvias ; blue, yellow, and red 

 vetches (vicia) ; and blue, red, and dull yellow 

 hyacinths of that particular species grown in 

 glasses. The scarlet and the yellow tropasolum 

 are common : an azureum is now advertised. 

 Without, therefore, either expecting or desiring 

 to see a blue rose, one may hesitate to pin one's 

 faith on De Candolle. No doubt more thought 

 would bring to mind more instances of blue and 

 yellow flowers, but the above list is copious 

 enough for one sitting. P. P. 



Simile of a Woman to the Moon (Vol. xii., 

 p. 132.). — The version I have seen (and I be- 

 lieve in print) of the Latin epigram on this sub- 

 ject runs thus : 



" Lima est Fanuna. 

 " Luna rabet, pallet, crescit, noctu ambulat, errat, 

 Hoec quoque foemineo propria sunt generi ; 

 Comua Luna facit ; facit haec quoque Foemina : Luna 

 Mense semel mutat ; Foemina quaque die." 



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