Mr. Roper on the Commercial System of Great Britain. [April 1, 



hetwixt Norwich and Yarmouth, espe- 

 cially at Acle and Caistcr. 



Ophrys heselii, dwarf ophrjs; a sin- 

 gle s[icciiTicn of this rare plant was 

 once found at St. Faitii's Newton, but 

 it is douhtful whether it can be ag^aln 

 found tiierc. 



Ophrys puludosa, tlic least tway-blade. 

 For the honour of Norfolk, this plant 

 was found in 1769 on Felthorpe bogs, 

 near Norwich ; the place of its former 

 growtli ill FiUgland being very doubtful. 



Carcx limosa, marsli carex ; Heydon, 

 and St. Faith's Newton bogs. 



Carex strigosa, loose carex; Sexton 

 wood, Bedingham. 



Atriplex psduiiculata, pedunculated 

 orachc ; Yarmouth, discovered about 

 the year 1776. 



To the Editor oft/ie Monthly Magazine. 

 SIR, 



WHEN I committed to paper the 

 few observations which appeared 

 in your last volume, I had certainly no 

 intention of engaging in a controversy 

 upon the merits of our commercial 

 system. I thought then that the objec- 

 tions which I adduced against the 

 " Exposition" of it in one of your pre- 

 ceding Numbers, though short, wore 

 unanswerable and decisive, and I think 

 so still. But as the author of the Ex- 

 position has resumed the subject, and 

 cliallenged mc to enter into a more 

 detailed examination of his statements, 

 I will now endeavour to meet his wishes, 

 and point out more specifically the 

 various fallacies which vitiate his con- 

 clusions. The subject will necessarily 

 oi)lige nic to encroac h upon your co- 

 lumns; but your readers will then have 

 the case fully before tiicin, and may- 

 come to a decision upon its merits 

 without requiring any farther observa- 

 tions from either party. The question 

 at issue issimjily tliis ; — Has the foreign 

 trade of this country been a productive 

 entployment of cajiital during the last 

 seven years, or not? The author of the 

 Exposition, relying upon the account of 

 our exports and imports annually made 

 up at the Custom House, declares that 

 it has not ; and boldly asserts, upon the 

 faith of tl'.ose documents, that, so far 

 from being beneficial, it has occasionrd 

 an absolute loss to those engaged in it, 

 wtthin that period, to the enormous 

 amount of one hundred millions. I, on 

 the contrary, roganliiig those annual 

 statements as very uncertain criteria of 

 the actual value of our commerce, 

 though 



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Scdnm Anylieum, Englisli stone-crop ; 

 Norfolk coast. 



Chdidonium glaucinm, yellow horned 

 poppy ; on the Norfolk coast.* 



C/tdidoniumcoruiciilittiim et hybridum, 

 red and purple horned poppy ; both dis- 

 covered in Norfolk by Mr. Stilliiigflect, 

 and .sent to Mr. Hudson, author of the 

 " Flora Anglica." 



Papaver hyhriditm, bastard poppy ; 

 near Norwich. 



Stratiotrs aloides, fresh-water soldier ; 

 in Norfolk very frequent. 



Anemone puhatilLa. pasque-flower; 

 Lexham, at a place called Tnlip-hills. 



Teucrium chamadrys, comniou ger- 

 mander; Norwich city-walls. 



Melampyrum arvense, jnirple cow- 

 wheat ; near Cossey and Litcham, and 

 some other places in Norfolk. 



Cochlearia Danica, Danish scurvy- 

 grass; at Wells. 



Ibcris nndicnuUs, naked rock-cress ; 

 about Norwich frequent, rare in other 

 counties. 



Turritis glabra, smooth tov^'cr- mus- 

 tard ; near Norvv ich, and has been 

 noticed by Ray as a scarce Norfolk 

 plant. 



Crc.mbe maritimu, sea- cole wort ; Nor- 

 folk coast. 



Geranium sylia'.icnm, wood crane's 

 bill; Molt wood and Leziale, near 

 Lynn. 



Lnthyrns pahistris, marsh-la'Jiyrus ; 

 at Hanworlh, Norfolk. 



Hippocrepis comosa, tufted horse-shoe 

 vetch ; SwalMiam heath. 



Trifoliiim criiilhopndiordes, bird's-foot 

 Ireroii; Moushold luatli, Norwich. 



Medicago falcala, yellow niedick or 

 wild Incerii ; been noted for growing in 

 Norfolk, and particularly jibout Norwich. 



Crepis fatida, slinking erepis or 

 hawk-weed ; in the road from Sw alfham 

 to Doivnhiim very sparingly. 



Hyoscris viimina, least swine's suc- 

 cory ; corn-lields near Norwich and 

 New Buckingham. 



Hypocharis glabra, smooth iiypo- 

 chseris or hawk-weed; in aticid betwixt 

 Norwich and Corsey. 



Curduns acautis, dwarf carline thistles; 

 dry heaths and commons in Norfolk 

 Very frequent. 



Gnaphaliiim dioiaim, mountain cat's- 

 foot ; Stratton heath, about seven miles 

 from Norwich. 



Cineraria paluslris, maish flea-bane ; 



* This plant I have I'oinid on the coast 

 of Kent, very near Dover. 



