o30 EAST ANGLIAN BOTANY. [Novemhev, 



folk at tliis [)oint. Between this station and Thetford, the an- 

 cient capital of East Anglia, the railway passes almost parallel 

 to the river, over a bare, sandy, and mostly barren country, only 

 here and there spotted with trees and cultivation. 



From Thetford, an ancient place which exhibits many remains 

 of its former greatness as a political and ecclesiastical capital, 

 now much decayed, the railroad passes through a very exten- 

 sive heath to Harling Road, Eccles, and Wymondham, a town 

 notorious in modern times for its vicinity to Stanfield Hall 

 and Potash Farm, the respective residences of the miscreant 

 Rush and his landlord, who was cruelly murdered by one of his 

 tenants. Rush aforesaid. The. residence of Jeremy, the squire, 

 is an Elizabethan hall of some architectural celebrity. 



From Wymondham to Norwich the country improves both 

 in fertility and picturesque appearance. 



On another occasion the great expanse of flat, mostly marsh 

 land, between Norwich and Yarmouth, will be described. 



We reached Yarmouth, 146 miles from London, by Cam- 

 bridge, about half-past seven, our journey occupying seven hours 

 and a half; but as there were long stoppages at Cambridge, Ely, 

 and Norwich, and shorter ones at Bishop's Stortford, Wymond- 

 ham, and Reedham, the time spent in motion did not occupy 

 above six hours. 



From our experience of this rovite, the Great Eastern Rail- 

 way is entitled to the praise of being a comfortable line to travel 

 by. There was no overpacking of the carriages, nor did any dis- 

 orderly crowds rush in upon the London passengers, as some- 

 times occurs on lines of railway which pass through more popu- 

 lous parts of the country. 



On the lith of July our botanizing commenced in this, to us, 

 hitherto unknown part of England, and between Yarmouth and 

 Lowestoft was the locality selected for the first onset. 



After crossing the river by the ferry adjoining the Nelson 

 monument, our attention was attracted by the vegetation about 

 Gorleston, which yielded no exotic stray plants. It was rather 

 early in the season for this kind of botanizing. 



Carduus Marianus (Silybum), Petroselinwn sativum, Onopor- 

 don Acanthium, Artemisia Absinthium, and some other half- 

 naturalized or quasi-British species were all that met our notice. 



When the point was rounded at the confluence of the river 



