confined to the mountains, where many species flourish in great 

 beauty and abundance ; and among the wet uplands also grows 

 the'' handsome Grass of Parnassus. This is a late flowering 

 species. 



Many members of the umbelliferous family, as the Spotted 

 Hemlock,'^ Water Hemlock, "deed tung," and Fools' Parsley, have 

 an uncanny reputation as poisons more or less deadly. I remember 

 when a schoolboy, being elected to fill the post of huntsman in a 

 game of "hare and hounds." Of course I must have a hunting 

 horn. A robust stem of Heracleiim sphondylium, Hogweed, grew 

 quite handy, and was quickly utilised for the- purpose, which it 

 served admirably. The consequences were decidedly unpleasant. 

 For ten days or more my lips were in a painfully chapped and 

 excoriated state. On explaining the cause to an aged neighbour, 

 his remark was — " Served you right ; you will use the Smooth 

 Kesh next time you want a hunting horn !" I believe the man 

 was right. The Smooth Kesh, or Wild Angelica, has certainly 

 less irritating juice than the plant I had used. 



Of the Caprifoliace^, or Honeysuckle tribe, the very pretty, if 

 lowly, little Adoxa moschatelUfta, Tuberous Moschatel, may be 

 found in the early months of the season on old hedgebanks ; and 

 in autumn the showy red and waxlike fruit of the Guelder Rose is 

 a conspicuous ornament of many a coppice and hedgerow. Several 

 species of Galium may be found in different parts of the Valley. 

 The majority of them are in perfection about midsummer. Scabiosa 

 columbaria, Mountain Scabious, usually a tenant of calcareous up- 

 lands, is found as low down the Valley as the park at Holm Hill, 

 gj)ssibly brought down by the river from the higher limestone 

 district. Its congener, the Devil's-Bit, is almost ubiquitous. A 

 local name for this species is "Hog-a-back." The largest of the 

 family, the Field Scabious, grows vigourously in some very poor 

 soil at the back of Warnell Fell, between Park Head and Parson's 

 Park. Its lilac-coloured flowers are sometimes nearly as large as 

 some of the asters of our gardens, to which they bear a close 

 resemblance. 



We now arrive at the extensive order of composite plants, wliich 



