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ther at Rose Castle was all the time as cold as at 
Christmas: we had fires in all our rooms from 
morning till night, just as we have in the depth of 
winter. 
Your accurate distinction between Geum and 
Dryas is very satisfactory. How many times I 
have looked at both those genera, without having 
an idea or a suspicion of your nice distinction !—but 
I have often observed that old men go on in the 
errors which they imbibed inadvertently in their 
early age. It would be well if they could begin 
again according to the old adage—Dzisce docendus 
adhec. 
The singular generic character of Jcosandria is 
so very striking, that I believe it gives one a care- 
less way of examining its plants. Hence our er- 
rors and our difficulties-so late to be discovered. 
The produce of our gardens was sadly damaged 
this year. We had no apples: our pears did not 
ripen: strawberries and raspberries were in plenty, 
but they had not by any means their usual flavour. 
Yet, what was remarkable, we had mulberries, of 
which we have had none but twice since I have been 
at Rose Castle. Our corn was very late. When 
I left Cumberland, the 3rd of November, there were 
multitudes of acres not reaped, all of them almost 
as green as grass. We have one peach-tree from 
which we gathered ripe and well-flavoured fruit the 
last week in October. 
Sincerely yours, 
SAMUEL CARLISLE. 
VOL. I. DR 
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