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now perfectly satisfied that it is no garden outcast. 
It is insulated in the sands of Hartley Links; nor 
have I found any specimen near the village. The 
kitchen-garden of Lord Delaval is at no great 
distance. He is no collector of plants; and this 
flower is rarely met with (at least by me), except 
in collections: there are no traces of garden rub- 
bish about. It has been observed to me, that it 
might have been brought in the ballast of ships; 
as Hartley now and then sends vessels to Copen- 
hagen, though nearly the whole of its trade is in 
coals to London. I took a person with me who 
was well acquainted with the port; and, when I 
pointed out the spot, he assured me that ships mever 
emptied their ballast there, but always on the artifi- 
cial mound, which has been in this manner raised 
close to the harbour. I examined this mound in 
the summer with some accuracy, and found several 
plants on it which I had not elsewhere observed in 
Northumberland,— Pastinaca sativa, Anethum fe- 
niculum, &c., but not one plant of dnuchusa. The 
spot where the latter grows lies two hundred yards 
north of this mound. It is not of great extent ; but 
the plant flourishes there very well. I have not 
observed it inany other place ; but I have not closely 
examined that part of the coast. I will not take 
upon me to decide this question ; but I thought it 
proper to state the objection to you. My opinion 
might perhaps be construed into a wish of acquir- 
ing the honour of discovering an indigenous plant 
not before observed: I will only remark that, as 
Northumberland and Denmark lie under the same 
