OF THE EAST AND WEST OF SCOTLAND COMPARED, 3 
Flora of the railway banks will tell you, if you have eyes 
to see, on which side of the country you are travelling. 
I was travelling across by that route in July last, and 
tried, as far as the rate of motion of a Caledonian express 
would permit, to make out the Flora of the railway banks on 
both sides of the country. The result may be interesting, 
On the Hast.—Campanula rotundifolia (Harebell) ; Cnieus 
lanceolatus (Spear Thistle), very abundant; Vicia Cracca 
(Vetch) ; Spirza Ulmaria (Meadow-sweet); Lathyrus pratensis 
(Vetchling); Senecio Jacobea (Ragwort); Scabiosa arvensis 
(Field Scabious); TZragopogon pratense (Goat's Beard) ; 
Campanula Tracheliwm (Canterbury Bells); Chrysanthemum 
Leucanthemum (Oxeye Daisy); Linaria vulgaris (Snapdragon); 
Papaver (Poppy); Heraclewm (Hogweed). And a noticeable 
feature was the great profusion of flowering plants wherever 
there was the least chance of their development. 
On the West.—Also Heraclewm, Spirwa, Vicia Cracea, 
Campanula rotundifolia; but Centaurea Cyanus became 
prominent, Papaver was not nearly so abundant, Linaria 
only near towns; and Zeucriwm Scorodonia was abundant, 
and ferns—Filiz-mas, I expect, mostly—more frequent. 
But the most noticeable thing was the much barer 
general aspect. Willows were commoner, and even 
Heracleum showed itself only at intervals; there were 
furlongs of green grass without any prominent flower, in 
great contrast to the floral luxuriance of the East. 
We thus reach our second principle: LocaL crrcum- 
STANCES IN THE EAST ARE MORE FAVOURABLE TO FLORAL 
PRODUCTION THAN IN THE WEST. 
I think this is borne out by the prevalence of so-called 
introduced plants in the East. 
Take, for example, Leopard’s bane (Doronicum Par- 
dalianches), which is well established, say, at Colinton and 
near Linlithgow. 
Valeriana pyrenaica, which grows in Colinton Dell and 
out beyond Dalkeith. 
Reseda lutea, which grows in Haddington. 
Yellow figwort (Scrophularia vernalis), which grows out 
Luffness way, and has been recorded there from the 
beginning of the century; and, to name one other example, 
