348 FLORA HISTORICA. 



is said to have given a thousand pgunds for a 

 cast of hawks, which was an amazing sum, when 

 we take into consideration the value of money in 

 that day. 



We have been led into this digression by hav- 

 ing, within this last year, witnessed the revival 

 of this ancient recreation : but to return to the 

 plant that has by its name called forth these 

 brief remarks on the sports of our ancestors. 



We have no less than eighteen native species 

 of this genera of plants, and Martyn mentions 

 thirty-seven exotic species, most of which are 

 regarded as weeds ; and M. Pirolle mentions 

 another species under the title of Hieracium Erio- 

 phorum, which, he says, grows in the sands on 

 the borders of the sea near Bourdeaux and 

 Bayonne, and is a very beautiful flower, although 

 it has not yet found its way into the gardens of 

 either the amateur or professional florists. The 

 species generally cultivated in the English par- 

 terre, Auranticiim, or Orange-flowered Hawkweed, 

 frequently called Golden Mouse-ear, and Grim the 

 Collier, when it varies with a dark-coloured flower, 

 for this species sports considerably in colour, 

 some plants producing red, and others a bright 

 orange or pale yellow flowers. This creeping pe- 

 rennial plant grows from one to two feet in height, 

 and has an agreeable rustic appearance when in 



