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I have not found nearer Carlisle than Dalston. The Wood Sorrel, 

 Oxalis acetosella, is common in most of our woods, and a few of 

 its leaves with their slightly-acidulated taste, are highly refreshing 

 on a hot day. 



Of the LEGUMiNoSiE, the Broom is common. Both species of 

 the Whins or Furze may be found on Kingmoor ; one coming into 

 blossom as the other fades. So if the winter is moderately open, 

 we have the Furze in bloom all the year round. I suppose it is 

 this fact that has given rise to the old couplet — 



When the Whin is out of blossom. 

 Then love is out of fashion. 



Dyer's Green-weed may be met with in some of the lanes about 

 Cargo ; the Petty- or Needle-Whin on Kingmoor ; Rest Harrow, 

 on Stainton Banks. The Spiny species, near Rockcliffe; the 

 Common Kidney Vetch or Lamb's Toes, and the Lady's Fingers, 

 on many of the railway banks ; the Purple Medick or Lucerne, on 

 the Scar — an escape, I should think, from cultivation. The pods 

 of this plant are curiously twisted like a ram's horn. On the Scar 

 we have also the Melilot, in some seasons so abundant that in early 

 autumn, with a gentle western wind, you may perceive its honied 

 smell wafted up to you as you walk along the Scar from Edentown 

 to St. Ann's. Several other species of this order, which includes 

 the Trefoils or Clovers, the Vetches, etc., may be found growing 

 close to our City. 



Among the Rosacea, the sweet-scented flowers of the Meadow 

 Sweet, or Queen of the Meadows, are met with everywhere along 

 our water sides and in our meadows. The Wood Avens is common 

 on hedge-banks, and the dusky modest flowers of the Water Avens 

 in Spa Well Wood. Two or three of the Potentillas are common, 

 the Tormentil perhaps being the most so. This plant is noted for 

 the astringent properties of its roots ; it was sold largely in London 

 during the great plague, as one of the cures. The Marsh Comarum 

 grows very luxuriantly on Todhills Moss. Of the Blackberry, 

 Bramble, or "Brummelkite," we have several species, which have 

 not been fully studied. I may say the same of the Wild Roses. 

 One species, the Sweetbriar, is found on the outskirts of Kingmoor. 



