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The old London and North-Western railway line from Eugby, via 

 Blisworth, passes just before reaching Weedon the old habitat at 

 Brockhall for Eryngium campcstre ; nearly opposite the ground rises to 

 Borough Hill, 800ft. above the sea level, on the sandy slopes of which 

 occur Jasione montana, Hieracium boreale, Serratula tinctoria, Solidago 

 Virga aurea, Rosa pimpinellifolia, Rosa implexa, &c. The marshy ground 

 about Dodford yields Parnassia and Polygonum Bistorta. Weedon has 

 been decided to be the central point of England. Between Weedon and 

 Blisworth Mr. Borrer once thought he saw Barbarea stricta, but the record 

 has never been confirmed; the high hedges just before reaching 

 Blisworth, however, contain Rosa coriifolia, Reuteri, verticillacantha, 

 tomentella, sphcerica, Rubus diversifolius, rudis, &c. The elevated ground 

 above Blisworth, worked for iron ore and limestone, yields Rosa mollis 

 and scabriuscula, Campanula latifolia, &o. : and farther on, near the 

 entrance to the park of our President, Sir Herewald Wake, Bart., Gagea 

 lutea, Viola permixta, Campanula Trachelium, and Lamium galeobdolon have 

 been found. 



Those members who combine Botany and Geology may find 

 Artemisia absinthium and vulgaris, Epilobium brachycarpum, Astragalus 

 glycyphyllos, Atriplex deltoides, Rubus diversifolius, &c. At theDuston pits 

 and at Watkin's brick pits, Crepis taraxacifolia ; the roadside between 

 there and Northampton yielding Rumex pulcher and Calamintha 

 menthifolia. 



A short walk by the canal side towards Hunsbury Hill might add 

 Iris Pseudacorus vera, Stellaria glauca, Nasturtium amphibium, Montia 

 rivularis, Butomus umbellatus, with its lovely flowers, and in the 

 canal and river QZnanthe fluviatilis, Potamogeton mucronatus, and possibly 

 P. prcelongus. A short distance below Northampton are the sewage 

 works, and mal-odorous as is the locality, that will prove no insur- 

 mountable obstacle to the enthusiastic botanist who wants to 

 add Lepidium Draba, Sisymbrium Sophia, Chenopodium olidum, rubrum, 

 viride, paganum, Atriplex Smithii, angustifolia, hastata, Datura 

 stramonium, Polypogon monspeliensis, Schleroschloa distans, or Melilotus 

 officinalis and alba to his collection. In addition to the list of plants given 

 in Mr. Scriven's interesting paper on Yardley Chase may be mentioned as 

 likely to be found : Pedicularis sylvatica, Carex remota, sylvatica, glauca, 

 possibly Strigosa, Potentilla procumbens, Helleborus fcetidus, Lathyrus 

 sylvestris, Monotropa, Neottia nidus avis, Habenaria chlorantha, Spirea 

 filipendula, Pyrus communis and aria, Sciipus sylvaticus, &c, and in Castle 

 Ashby ponds Myriophyllum spicatum, Ceratophyllum submersum, &o. The 

 ponds between Northampton and Hardingstone should be visited by 

 microscopists, as they are singularly rich in Desmids, <fec. 



I can only wish that each visitor may as much enjoy his or her 

 Northamptonshire rambles as the writer has, and should the weather 

 prove favourable, there is little doubt that the meeting will be thoroughly 

 enjoyed, and prove remunerative to students of all branches of Natural 

 History. 



G. C. DEUCE, F.L.S, 



