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low Heath. I cultivated it for years in my garden 
at Ealing. 
I am vastly disappointed at not finding a single 
Naturalist in this part of the'world. One clergyman 
formerly gave himself up to the study, but he seems 
to have neglected it totally of late years. 
As I ride out I always keep my eyes upon the 
watch. I have found here upon very elevated moist 
situations, that variety of Plantago maritima which 
Hudson took to be Leflingii: it seems to me dif- 
ferent from P. maritima in many respects. It is 
much smaller, and its leaves have not the smallest 
tendency to be toothed. Next year, if I live, I hope 
to be able to find it in proper state for examination 
in its several stages of growth. Are you aware of 
its being found so far from the sea, and in such 
situations? 
We have in all our moist hedges, Salix pentan- 
dra. Having been accustomed to see it in its tame 
state in Kew Garden, I protest I did not know it in 
this large free luxuriance of growth. 
Just by Rose Castle I observe Campanula latifo- 
fia. I have seen it also in several shady lanes. 
You mention Fumaria capreolata as a plant of the 
South. I have found it here in several of the corn- 
fields, particularly among the turnips. 
Senecio saracenicus is here, but I fear that it has 
escaped from some garden. I find a favourite Ox- 
fordshire plant, Sanguisorba officinalis. I have 
found also Serapias latifolia, Saliv repens, and a 
tree which they call here Bird-cherry or Heckberry. 
By the description of the flower (it was out of flower 
