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downy leaves, which when shaken by the wind present quite a striking appearance. 
The sloe and bullace (Prunis spinosa and insititia) the dwarf and wild Cherry 
(Prunus cerasus and avium) aze common, but the bird Cherry (Prunus Padus) is 
very local. The two Buckthorns (Rhamnus catharticus and frangula), the spindle 
tree (Zuonymus Europeus), the dog wood (Cornus sanguinea), the Guelder Rose 
(Viburnum opulus), and the wayfaring tree (Viburnum lantana), together with an 
almost endless variety of Roses and Rubi (amongst them some considered very 
local by Mr. Baker), these with the black and red Bryony (Zamus communis and 
Bryonia dioica) the Honeysuckle and the Elder, of which three separate kinds 
may be noticed, of which the Danewort is most curious—are specially ornamental 
either from their foliage, fruit, or blossom. And if we add the poplar and willow, 
the former often filled with mistletoe, and the latter with its never ending varie- 
ties, puzzling even those who have made them a life-long study, together with the 
common and Wych Elms, the Ash, Maple, Alder, Hazel, and Hawthorn, as well 
as the Scotch, Spruce and Larch Firs, we shall have made a considerable selection 
from our list of Forest Trees. And now whilst on the subject of woods we may 
inquire what ferns and other plants are to be found growing inthem. Not to men- 
tion particularly those which are almost universal, such as primroses, anemones, 
blue bells, &c., we may note the cow-wheat (melampyrum pratense), the wood 
sanicle (Sanicula Europea), the sweet woodruff, wood Betony, the Luzula forsteri, 
borreri, and pilosa, three not very common species of the wood rush and the Spurge 
(Euphorbia amydaloides) as almost everywhere exceedingly abundant. The Caper 
Spurge (Zuphorbia lathyris) has been found recently near Welsh Bicknor, and the 
only locality in Britain for the Zuphorbia Stricta is near Tintern. 
The wood laurel (Daphne Laureola) occurs frequently. The bear’s foot 
(Helleborus viridis), with its handsome digitate leaves and green flowers, is found 
in one locality only. The setterwort (Helleborus fetidus) grows in two or three 
places, some very fine plants of which have been seen this year. The lily of the 
valley (Convallaria majalis) and the Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum nultiflorum) in 
two or three places only. The herb Paris, plentiful in a few localities, but rather 
shy. The barberry (Berberis vulgaris) and the box, also scarce. The columbine 
(Aquilegia vulgaris) is another interesting plant, and one of the commonest of all 
is the traveller’s joy or honesty (Clematis vitalba) covering the hedges with its 
feathery masses. The two periwinkles, vinca major and minor, several of the 
orobanches or broom rapes, with their brown, weedy, withered-looking flowers, and 
parasitical on the roots of hazel, the singular tooth-wort (Lathrwa squamaria), and 
under the beech trees occasionally in autumn, the yellow bird’s nest (Monotropa 
hypopitys). 
The lesser winter green (Pyrola minor) very shy, but very graceful, and 
near it the pretty little Rubus saxatilis are to be found at the Wynd Cliff, as well 
as Sedum rupestre and Saxifraga hypnoides. The wild lettuce (Lactuca virosa) 
grows on Doward, as well as the small teasel, or shepherd’s rod (Dipsacus pilosus). 
We have also a fair sprinkling of orchids. The fly, frog, and bee orchis are abun- 
dant in some years, while in others scarcely to be met with. 
