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I have met with Lysimachia nemorum, Geranium Robertianum, 

 Aspidium Filix-mds, Marchantia poJymorpha, Chrysosplenium op- 

 positifolium, Scabiosa succisa, abundantly. The Oxalis Aceto- 

 sella and the Hyacinthus nonscriptus grow at this spot in great 

 profusion; aud among the dense blue masses of it, I have year 

 after year picked up here the H. nonscriptus alba. Three species 

 of the genus Rubus appear very abundant, viz. R. corylifolius, R. 

 fruticosus, and R. suberectus. To these I may add the Ranunculus 

 gramineus,* Spinea Ulmaria, Iris Pseudacorus, Myosotis paluslris, 

 Stellaria glauca, and several of the Grasses. 



Crossing the boundary of Limecraigs policies, Crossbill is 

 reached. It is a range of fine green knolls, partly covered with 

 natural pasture, and part of it has been subjected to the plough. 

 Ascending from the north side, as you stand for a moment to 

 draw your breath, the first object that attracts the eye is the 

 splendid blaze of the Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, which grows in 

 great masses here ; where also upon one or two occasions I have 

 met the D. purpurea, var. alba. The Viola canina, Polygala 

 vulgaris, several varieties, the Pinguicula vulgaris, the yellow 

 Primrose, Jasione montana, Tormentilla repens, Potentilla reptans, 

 Galium veruni, G. saxatile. Orchis maculata, Lotus corniculatus, 

 Plantago lanceolata, and P. maritima, are everywhere, and as you 

 reach the top, the Alchemilla vulgaris and A. arvensis are found, 

 and Linum catharticum in great abundance. 



On a fine summer evening, this is a spot, fragrant with the 

 wild Thyme, where the lover of Nature and her manifold charms 

 may enjoy a rest and a beautiful bird's-eye view of the toAvn of 

 Carapbelltown, its harbour and shipping, and the country around 

 it ; as well as a fine distant view of Arran, Islay, Jura, with her 

 lofty Pass, Mackrehanish bay, and a part of the Atlantic Ocean. 

 As he sits gazing around him with pleasure, — if poetical, with rap- 

 ture, — he may not be aware that he sits on the top of a mine. 

 A tunnel passes right through the centre of this knoll, through 

 which the water supply of the town is conducted from a large 

 reservoir, or rather a lake, situated in the deep green glen be- 

 hind him, by which I may now conduct you. 



Descending the south side of Crossbill to the reservoir, im- 



* Will our obliging correspondent send to 45, Frith Street, Soho Square, Lon- 

 don, a few specimens of this Ranunculus, which has been often reported as a British 

 plant ? Has any reader ever seen an example collected in these isles ? 



