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The Irish Naturalist. [June, 



stroke of paralysis, as, though green and fresh, it has only 

 grown an inch in a year and a half. 



The rare Mcdicago sylvcstris, brought from Portmarnock by 

 Mr. Praeger, before its identity was established, grows freely, 

 and the Madder, Rubia percgrina, from Howth, forms a low 

 evergreen bush. Poulaphooca supplied me with the Yellow 

 Dead-nettle {Laniiuni Galcobdolon) which spread rapidly, and 

 is one of my earliest and prettiest spring flowers ; also with 

 the Water Avens, Geum rivale. 



The Teazel is thoroughly at home in one large rough bed, 

 and every year its stems, about seven feet high, form one of 

 the features of the grounds. In the same place the Great 

 Mullein is growing to an even greater height. The Artemisias 

 are certainly handsome native plants, and we have all the 

 local species growing here. The Mugwort (^A. vulgaris) and 

 the Absinthe {A. Absinthium) came from Kilmacannoge, and 

 the rare A. maritima from Portrane. All grow freely, along 

 with the still rarer A. stelleriana, from the North Bull. 



Among other miscellaneous natives which I have brought 

 home or received from friends at one time or another are the 

 Common Buckthorn {Rhamnus cathartiais), and the White 

 Beam-tree {Pyrtis Aria) from Lough Ree ; the Wood Betony 

 (Stachys Bctonica) from Kilrea, the Nettle-leaved Bell-flower 

 {Campanula Trachelium) from Kilkenny ; the Red Catchfly 

 {Lychnis diurna) from Poulaphooca ; the Evening Catchfly 

 {L. vespertina) from Portmarnock ; the Black Horehound 

 {Ballota nigra) from Co. Down ; the Cross-wort (Galium 

 cruciatum), and the Petty Whin {Genista anglicd) from Lanca- 

 shire ; and the Chamomile {Anthemis nob His) from Ennis- 

 kerry. The Sea-Campion is one of our handsomest rock- 

 plants, growing in sheets over the grey stones. 



Two plants may be mentioned on account of the extra- 

 ordinary way in which they have spread themselves, viz., the 

 Musk Mallow {M.moschata), and the Purple Toadflax, Linaria 

 purpurea, which has grown to be a regular pest — indeed, it is 

 the worst weed in my garden, but it is likely to be run close 

 this year by the Fairy Flax {Liiium catharticum), which I see 

 coming up in alarming abundance. 



Dundrum, Co. DubHu. 



