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banks of the Forth, rather less than a quarter of a mile above the 

 bridge at Stirling. I did not pursue my course further up the river, 

 or I might have met with other specimens. At the time of gathering 

 the plant I supposed it to have escaped from a garden, probably car- 

 ried down the river, and thence naturalized where 1 found it. But 

 the additional stations given by Prof. Balfour and Mr. Lawson render 

 the above worthy of note, tending to prove that Mimulus luteus, 

 either will soon become generally naturalized, or has claims to be 

 considered an indigenous genus. It appears that the plant is easily 

 propagated, enduring the severest frosts, and requiring no particular 

 soil, but a damp situation. Loudon gives the date of its introduction 

 1826, ' Bot. Reg. 1830.' 



F. TOWNSEND. 

 Ilmington, January 5, 1846 



On the occurrence of Mimulus luteus in Perthshire and Forfarshire. 

 By William Jackson, Jun., Esq. 



Tn the last number of the 'Phytologist' my friend Mr. Lawson has 

 recorded the existence of Mimulus luteus, as being perfectly natura- 

 lized in two stations in Forfarshire. In corroboration of Mr. Law- 

 son's statement, I may mention that it is now upwards of fifteen years 

 since I remember first seeing the plant growing by the side of Inver- 

 gowrie burn. My father tells me he recollects having found it 

 growing to all appearance truly wild and at large, more than twenty- 

 two years ago, in the same locality, and I believe it was known to 

 some botanists a good many years previous to that date, and supposed 

 to be a South American plant naturalized. At the above station the 

 plant may be indigenous, as I am unable to procure any information 

 of its being planted there by the hand of man, or of its escape from a 

 garden. It may, however, have been washed down by the stream 

 from some garden and deposited on its banks. 



Last summer I found this showy plant growing luxuriantly and 

 apparently wild, in Perthshire, occupying a considerable extent on 

 the banks of the Tay, a little below the picturesque ruins of Kinclaven 

 Castle, which stands at the junction of the rivers Tay and Islay, em- 

 bowered amongst lovely woods and waters. At this part of the river 

 the banks are beautifully clothed with gigantic trees, while the water 

 runs smooth and placid over a pebbly bed. Such observations as 

 Mr. Lawson's are extremely useful, as they tend, in a great measure. 

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