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the latter in watery places. Bellis perennis, our oldest friend, the 
Daisy, common everywhere. Aster ¢ripolium; not infrequent on 
muddy banks overflowed by the tide, about river estuaries, from 
Millom to Bowness. Solidago virgo-aurea; rarely approaches the 
coast, though seen on the rocky bluffs between Harrington and 
Whitehaven. TZussilago farfara; a plant of wide distribution, and 
distinctly unpopular with the farming community, is the common 
Coltsfoot. Petasites vulgaris, sometimes called Giant Coltsfoot, is 
found by river banks quite down to their confluence with the sea. 
Eupatorium cannabinum flourishes in great abundance on the Har- 
rington rocks, just referred to in connection with Golden Rod. 
Cichorium intybus ; not indigenous here, but is sometimes found 
in forage crops, introduced probably among ryegrass or clover 
seeds; some years ago this very pretty plant was cultivated at 
Hayton, near Aspatria, on behalf of a firm of grocers in Liverpool 
who had family connections with Hayton, Lafsana vulcaris ; 
a plant of extensive distribution, as well towards the coast, as 
inland ; few rubbish heaps or patches of waste ground are without 
specimens. Ayfocheris radicata; not infrequent in sandy loam, 
which its roots penetrate to a considerable depth. Leontodon 
hirtus is reported from the coast sandhills at Drigg by Professor 
D. Oliver. Z. hispidus; like others of the family, flourishes in 
deep sandy loam. JZ. auéumnalis; the most frequently met with 
of any of the Hawkbits; common in fog-time in many of the 
meadows towards the shore. Zvagopogon pratensis; a common 
plant, found sparingly along the coast; but is plentiful along 
the line of the M. & C. Railway almost throughout its length. 
Taraxacum officinale ; almost universal in distribution ; the occur- 
rence of a somewhat rare variety, Z: erythrospermum, has been 
reported from Silloth by my colleague, the Rev. R. Wood of 
Rosley Vicarage.  Sonchus oleraceus, S. asper, S. arvensis; 
examples of each of these are not unusual. Cvepis virens; an 
abundant species, assuming many varieties of form in different 
soils and under different aspects. Aieracium pilosella; a pretty 
little occupant of dry hedgebanks. Few of the Hawkweeds are 
occupants of the shore line. A vudgatum; not infrequent, 
