3G0 EAST ANGLIAN BOTANv. [December, 



and distribution previously, they would have been entered in our 

 list of the acquisitions of this day as evident or probable escapes. 



There was one plant, Lycium harharum, which^ judging from 

 its abundance and thriving appearance in a decidedly spontaneous 

 or wild state, would have figured here as a genuine native had 

 we never seen it but in Suffolk, and never read of it but in the 

 ' Cybele/ About Burgh, and in several other parts of Suffolk 

 and the adjoining county, there cannot be the slightest doul)t of 

 its complete naturalization. How long it may have been here 

 history does not reveal, but the plant tells its own story and re- 

 veals its perfect adaptability to our soil and clime, i. e. to the 

 climate and soil of Suffolk and Norfolk, where it grows abun- 

 dantly, and is quite at home. How long it has been in these 

 parts the present historian cannot determine, but whether it has 

 been here since the building of Burgh Castle, where we did not 

 see it, or only since the discovery of America, which some au- 

 thors say is the place of its nativity, (others say it is African,) it 

 is likely to grow here till doomsday. 



Saponariu officinalis is another of the naturalized species about 

 Burgh. 



In our way to the castle, we passed to the left of the church ; 

 for, instead of going right through to the little haven or landing- 

 place, whence tliere is a path under the cliff to the ruins, we went 

 by the Bolton Eoad till we came within sight of the ancient walls 

 on the other side of a turnip field. 



The view of this noble remnant of bygone times burst upon us 

 unexpectedly on our right. This we counted a piece of good luck, 

 for we both enjoyed the pleasing surprise, and the view on this 

 side is far more imposing than when it is seen from the river 

 bank, although anciently this was the grandest part of the 

 building. The front to the river being built on a cliff, and 

 though flanked by two prominent portions of the fortress, is now 

 so overgrovvn with rank vegetation that the wall is, in summer, 

 quite concealed, and appears as a more elevated portion of the 

 inconsiderable acclivity on which it is built. 



On the north, or Yarmouth side, the wall is naked, and ex- 

 hibited in all its extent, elevation, and massive thickness. 



Those who have seen Richborough Castle, near Sandwich, 

 Kent, will need no description of Burgh Castle, in Suffolk. 

 These two ancient castles may be called counterparts of each 



