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marshes, and is very abundant in the Devon- 

 shire marsh. It suffers from blight. 



Spanish Bayonet (Yucca AloifoIia)-Steni 

 cylindrical, woody; four to eight feet high, 

 leaves spearshaped and thickly clustered at 

 the summit, terminating with a woody spine. 

 Its flowers cluster sometimes a foot long, 

 pure white with purple base; are very showy 

 and handsome. It is a formidable plant with 

 its dagger-like leaves turning every way. 



Bermuda Iris (Sisyrinchium Bermudianum) 

 with leaves from six to ten inches long, and 

 flower clusters of three to six on slender 

 stalks, is abundant everywhere in spring. 

 The flowers are purplish blue, with a yellow 

 eye, and are so abundant in some places as to 

 give a blue appearance to the surrounding 

 grass. The seed pod or capsule is remark- 

 able for its size on so small a plant. 



The above description of indigenous plants 

 as far as traceable might have had more add- 

 ed to it, but there being no clue to warrant 

 their insertion in this list, the writer has 

 deemed it advisable to place them under 

 other headings. The fact of some of the 

 plants in this list being classed as indigenous 

 is mainly by analogy, but great care has been 

 taken with the present selection. 



Semi-Indigenous. 



Red Poppy (Papaver Dubium)— An erect 

 plant, hairy, six to twelve inches high. Seed- 

 pod oval and smooth. Bright scarlet flowers. 

 Another species (P. Somniferum) is a weed in 

 waste ground, as well as being cultivated for 

 its medicinal properties, the petals macerat- 

 ed in syrup being used for chest affections. 

 Its flowers are variable in tint, chiefly pale 

 purple and pink. 



