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of general merchandise are bedded with straw, grass, reeds, 
&e., grown at home or abroad—on the banks of the Tay 
(reeds) or the banks of the Elbe (meadow-hay, &c.), as the 
case may be—dand seeds foreign to the locality drop out 
on the line through the bottom or sides of the waggons. In 
this way one may pick up a south of England plant growing 
on the railway in the Howe of Fife or the valley of the Spey. 
Garden escapes are also common near towns and villages. 
And here I may mention that I was partly induced to 
make the following list of plants by the late Mr Sadler, whe 
was at that time Curator of the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 
He told me that there was a proposal to publish a Flora 
of the Firth of Forth from Dunbar to Bo’ness on the south 
side, and from Crail to Crombie Point on the north side— 
points given in M‘Laren’s ‘ Geology of Fife and the Lothians.’ 
The list—if my memory serves me—was to include all plants 
from high-water mark up to the 100-foot beach. So far as 
I know, it came to nothing except the dry list of names, which 
I will now give. The Cryptogams I have left severely alone. 
Ranunculacez. 
Ranunculus acris, R. repens, and R. hirsutus. 
Papaveracee. 
Papaver Argemone, P. Rheas, P. somniferum, and Glaucium luteum. 
Fumariacee. 
Fumaria officinalis. 
Crucifere. 
Coronopus didyma and C. Ruellii, Thlaspi arvense, Capsella Bursa- 
pastoris, Lepidium latifolium, L. draba, L. ruderale, Draba verna, 
Camelina sativa, Alyssum calycinum, Arabis hirsuta, Barbarea vul- 
garis, Sisymbrium officinale, S. Irio, Cheiranthus Cheiri, Sinapis 
arvensis, Raphanus Raphanistrum, Diplotaxis tenuifolia and D. 
muralis. 
Resedacez. 
Reseda lutea and R. Luteola. 
Violacez. 
Viola canina. 
Caryophyllacez. 
_Saponaria officinalis, Silene inflata, S. maritima, S. anglica, Lychnis 
diurna, L. vespertina, L. Githago, Sagina procumbens, Spergula 
arvensis, Honckenya peploides, Stellaria media, Cerastium glomera- 
tum and C, arvense. 
Linaceez. 
Linum usitatissimum. 
Malvacez. 
Malva sylvestris, M. rotundifolia, and Lavatera arborea. A single plant 
of the Lavatera grew on the rocks, but it was destroyed by some tame 
rabbits. It is found on the Bass Rock. 
