118 LOCAL BOTANY OF THK EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. [April, 



romana grows plentifully in the streets, particularly under the 

 walls of Mr. Wood's house and gardens. Here we first observed 

 Cannabis sativa, but afterwards very frequently in E. Kent. 



After dinner we travelled two miles to Sandowne Castle. Zyris 

 [Iris foBtidissima ?) grows plentifully all thereabout, and mount- 

 ing the hills we met with Rubia Cynanchica [Aspcrula Cynan- 

 chica) . 



In two miles we came to Folkestone, a base rugged town, in- 

 habited chiefly by fishermen ; thence we had seven miles by the 

 downs and cliflFs to Dover. From these cliffs we could easily 

 see the coast of France, though late in the evening. We lay at 

 the King's Head at Dover Pier. 



August 2\st. — We visited the cliffs, and found Limonium 

 minus (the Dover form of Siatice Limonium, or reticulata, or 

 bahusiensis, or spatulata, or binervosa), Brassica arbor ea, 

 Crithmmn, Gentiandla, Orchis, Soldanella ; on the cliff from 

 the east, Lychnis Dubrensis (the Dover form of Silene nutans), 

 Verbascum flo. amplo, and in the cornfields, going up to the 

 castle, Mercurialis among the corn. Rubia Cynanchica on this 

 side of the castle hill. 



On the beach and seashore we gathered Brassica monospermos. 

 At noon we returned to our lodgings, where a friend was to dine 

 with us. In the evening we went to Knowlton Place, one of the 

 seats of Thomas D'Eath, Esq., about eight to nine miles from 

 Dover. By the way, through mistake of our friends, we were 

 carried to Waldisham, a fine seat of Sir Robert Furness ; but our 

 guide having to return, we had not time to see the house, which 

 seemed very noble and stately, and the gardens very large and 

 neatly kept. We got in good time to Mr. D'Eath's. 



August 22nd. — We spent this day at Knowlton, where we met 

 not only with a very kind and hearty reception, but most gentle 

 and generous entertainment. The house is noble and large, and 

 when the alterations now making are completed, it may vie 

 with most seats in this part of Kent. It stands on a knoll in 

 an open fine country, environed with pleasant woods and groves, 

 which are not very large, but very delightful. 



In the evening we took a turn into the woods, where on the 

 right-hand of the walk, by the parson's house, we found Helle- 

 boraster [H. viridis) . Hcrba Paris we were informed grows here, 

 but we could find no remains of it. Here it must certainly be 



