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complete list of the Cumberland flora. But it was not marked on 

 his list, which combines with his own the finds of his late colleagues, 

 Mr. W. Dickinson of Workington, and the Rev. R. Wood of West- 

 ward. Indeed I suppose the plant is not common anywhere, as in 

 the London Catalogue it is given in only nineteen out of the one 

 hundred and twelve counties in which Great Britain is botanically 

 divided. The Burnet Saxifrage occurs about Rickerby and other 

 places, and is not uncommon ; Water Drop-Wort, at Spa Well ; 

 Fool's Parsley, a supposed poisonous species, and easily known by 

 its three long pendulous flower bracts, is often to be found in 

 ill-weeded gardens and waste grounds. Fine specimens of Angelica 

 can be had in Kingmoor Wood, and the plant is common in all 

 our damp woods and copses. The name was given to this herb from 

 its having so many virtues ; and it was, in consequence, in great 

 request in bygone times : every part of it being used in medicine. 

 The Wild Carrot grows in great luxuriance on the Scar; its pretty 

 white umbels, often with a single central red floret, make it very con- 

 spicuous. As the flowers die, the outer rays of the umbel grow 

 upward and inward, shaping the head of seeds like a miniature 

 bird's nest — by wliich name it is often called. The yellow, tough, 

 and woody root has the same smell as that of the garden carrot ; 

 but so far as edible qualities are concerned, there the resemblance 

 ends. Still the two carrots teach us a useful lesson in regard to 

 what may be done with a suitable subject by cultivation. 



The order Loranthace^ includes the Mistletoe, a plant much 

 in request at the present (Christmas) season. It is not common 

 about Carlisle ; but I have seen a few growing at different times. 

 One grew on a Cumberland hawthorn, if I remember rightly, in 

 the Gas Works garden ; but the tree had to make way for the 

 alterations in Nelson Bridge. The Elder, and the Guelder Rose, 

 are both pretty common ; the latter is our Garden Snowball. In 

 many cases, I fancy, the Elder must have been planted, possibly 

 for the berries, which make a delicious winter cordial ; or else for 

 the wood, which is largely used by butchers to make skewers of 

 The Honeysuckle, or Woodbine, is common all round Carlisle. 

 It is one of the earliest shrubs to show its leaf; but it has a curious 



