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bran), it was cast forth as worthless. So far as I have been en- 
abled to discover, the refuse consists of shoddy or waste from 
woollen and flax mills, probably from south-east Lancashire or the 
adjacent West Riding of Yorkshire. Traces both of wool and flax 
are apparent here and there, but I failed to detect any appearance 
of cotton. Many plants are there observable which, though 
recognized as being British, are only seen on very rare occasions 
in Cumberland as adventive or casuals, though many are also of 
undoubted foreign origin. ‘The season of 1889 was probably too 
dry for the full development of plant life on a bank of dry ashes, 
although the southern aspect was decidedly favourable. At any 
rate, the same species attained more luxuriant growth in 18go0 than 
during the preceding season. Children destroyed a few species 
before identification was practicable. Others again, fell victims at 
an immature stage to the wild storms of October last year. The 
species gathered and identified during 1889 included the following 
plants presumably of British origin, viz :— 
Lepidium draba Melilotus alba 
_ —— ruderale —— officinalis 
Sinapis alba —— parviflora (in abundance) 
—— nigra (abundant) Trifolium fragiferum, v. resupi- 
Brassica rapa natum 
Sisymbrium sophia Carduus arvensis (spineless form) 
Raphanus raphanistrum (two Anthemis cotula (plentiful) 
varieties) —— arvensis 
Thlaspi arvense —— nobilis (wanting ray florets) 
Diplotaxis tenutfolia Solanum nigrum (also at Mary- 
Camelina sativa (abundant) port) 
Barbarea intermedia (seen only Hyoscyamus niger 
once) Calamintha acinos 
_ Reseda lutea Anagallis cerulea 
Silene anglica Chenopodium olidum 
—— noctiflora —— opulifolium 
_ Lychnis viscaria —— botrys (also at Flimby) 
 Malva rotundifolia (also at + —— murale 
Silloth) —— viride 
