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Before doing so, I may mention a feature that is certain to be 

 noticed by a stranger; that is, the absence of trees. The few 

 trees that are to be seen are only in the vicinity of the houses, 

 and have evidently been planted. From this it may be inferred 

 that the island has a very bare appearance ; even the fields are 

 generally divided by " dykes " of earth or stone, not by hedges. 



The south-west ^hore is generally flat and muddy, and appears 

 congenial to the Chcnopods, for there they muster strongly both 

 as species and individuals. This Order is represented by Ckeno- 

 podium mariiimum, Atriplex patula, A. littoralis, A. rosea, A. 

 erecta, Sallcornia herbacea, and Salsola Kali. Chenopodium 

 botryoides is reported from this locality by Dr. Johnston, who 

 quotes Mr. Bal)ington as his authority. It would have been 

 more satisfactory if the Doctor had seen it for himself, for then 

 two witnesses might have been adduced for its existence in the 

 island. I did not see it, but I have gathered what I believe to 

 be that plant in the vicinity of Alnmouth, Not far from the 

 shore, I met with some fine examples of Blysmus compressus ; 

 plenty of them too. Cakile mnritima also grew among the Chc- 

 nopods. Further from the edge of the water many parts of the 

 beach were covered with Glaux maritima, Zostera marina, and 

 Arenaria peploides. I also met with the Sea Wheat-grass, Tri- 

 ticum junceum, as well as others that I had previously seen. A 

 short walk further along the shore, past the harboui', and I 

 arrived at the town from whence I started ; a tourist may obtain 

 rest and refreshment, but will find little to interest him in it ; 

 but if he has been as successful in herborizing as I was, this 

 alone will afford suflicient gratification. 



HERBARIA SALE. 



The following lots of interesting specimens of plants collected 

 by botanists and travellers from almost all parts of the world, 

 were sold at Mr. Stevens, King Street, Covent Garden, on 

 Saturday, the 7th December, 1861. 



Lot 12. A large quantity of British and exotic Flowering Plants and 

 Ferns, collected by Mons. Gerard, several thousand, all named (of Den- 

 taria bulbifera, Harefield, there are numerous specimens), six bundles. 



