{>gfi32 ..^.^if^'i^isii BOTANY. [Jj'iMay, 



^jQ^iif plan)t. did ijot line tjti^ roadsides pi;; crpwiii the margins i<)f the 

 r^,^,^4>ti9b^^/^^^^i its tall sterns^ clothccl, with its spft,: velvety^ pale- 

 ^f^r^reen, or hoa^y ]^y^,iai>jql |cro^yn^As.bJ;vi^t^, ia^ge^^pfcM^y.vpinl^ish 



g;f^[Or rosy flowers.,.,, [^ i,,;. ,,„.[ h ,n,;f) oUrn r,'^or&iF,np n to 

 pcjjor, ,The town or village of Appledore was not sufficiently central 

 for a station from which we could perambulate the Marsh in all 

 ,jfQ,|directious, and indeed its inus were not first-rate. Superior 

 gj accommodation, like that obtainable in Thanet, is not to be ex- 

 gj^pected in Romney Marsh. The hostelry capabilities of Apple- 

 qj (lore are of a humble kind, as we learned by experience ; there- 

 c,f,j(^|iore;wp returned again to the Appledore station to ask the way 

 „;f to New ilomn^j,^vJ)i(>l^ ^.,faid,jl#jjb%)^§p jjlto.fl'iAp-^t^itown of 



bq Appledore. .j,,,,! ?r.-// ([01117/ a^^hwuwH -VAO "^o od t^niff 

 ^•^[.^...We were told to go straight ahead towards the east, neither 

 rj^jjturniug to the right nor to the left hand ; and we were further 



told that the distance was eight miles from the station. A public 

 _jjj[ conveyance on a road through a country where there are only 

 yg(j^ few detached houses here and there, and these occupied by 



farmers, who keep their own conveyances, was not to be expected. 

 jjgjP^he town population of Lydd make use of the Appledore station, 

 „j ^pjdithe people of New liomney ;go,it><^uPt>(mi]^VQ«A)»ihenithey 

 f{gjfj<,anttq meet the railway trains. iraifv^ ^cn^nb 'to isWnn 9i[t 

 .xirofl)4^out two o'clock we left the station, and walked very gently, 

 iiQ^QT the heat was intense^ and; the road- not remai4iably smooth, 



nor agreeable for pedestrians. It was not quite so disagreeable as 

 gggiwalking on the pebbly beach aljout Dungeness, which tired our 

 j^jj-tocs and tried our patience. Our road passed by Snargate, 

 j.jP,Brcnzet, and Brooklaudj churches rather than villages ; the former 



are not very scarce compared with the small populatijm.oi:: lo 

 9// ;tj;i'^(l]hp only notable plant observed during this our long Walk to 

 ^l,.f^ewllQmney, wns Ni/fnph<jea alba, var. niinor, which grew in a 

 HB y^^'y <ioep, broad ditcli before coming to Brookland, probably 

 ^■((jiabQut a mile from Appledore station. In the same place were 



Butomus iimbeUatus ^ Nuphm' lutea, Potamogeton natans, and 

 Qff ^ihei coinmoji aquatic plants, especially Hydrocharis Morsus- 



rancs, which flowered profusely the last summer, 1861. 



•yrjj,. After walking a couple of hours or so on this pebbly, dusty 



9^. road, under a scorching afternoon sun, we reached Old Romney, 



^f^ which is now reduced to a few scattered farmhouses, and a small, 



[_)r_,j solitary church, which is a furlong or more from the road. Be- 



