1863.] NORFOLK BOTANY. 431 



But as one swallow does not make a summer, so one visit to a 

 county does not justify the visitor in dogmatizing about its pre- 

 ductions. There are doubtless many plants in Norfolk that we 

 did not see, and many more Catmints than the solitary one seen 

 at St. Faith's. 



At St. Faith's we turned to the left to go by Catton to 

 Household Heath, (here they call it Mussel Heath,) a long and 

 not very interesting walk. We reached the heath in time to see 

 the flag waving behind the butts, the practice-ground of the 

 Norwich riflemen, and were warned by the reports of musketry 

 not to intrude. 



In walking from Catton to Mousehold Heath, Lactuca virosa 

 and Verbascum pulverulentiim were found in the lane which 

 unites Mousehold Heath to Norwich. 



We arrived in Norwich in time for the last train for Yar- 

 mouth, which starts about eight in the evening, very much fa- 

 tigued, and not very much contented with the results of one of 

 the longest and most expensive of our excursions. 



If the advice so often urged upon the readers of the ' Phyto- 

 logist ' had been followed, we should at least have had an easier, 

 if not a more successful day. 



This only proves the truth of the trite old saw, viz. that it 

 is easier to give than to take good coimsel. It is here repeated 

 for the special advantage of all the readers of the ' Phytologist ' 

 who may have the good fortune of visiting Norwich, and who 

 may, by giving ear to the counsels of sage experience, make a 

 better use of their opportunity than their humble servant, the 

 relator. 



It has often been our lot to learn that a celebrated or crack 

 locality is like some inscriptions on tombstones, which present 

 the reader with a too flattering character of the deceased. We 

 went to St. Faith's because it appears often in the pages of the 

 ' English Flora,' and in those of the ' Botanist's Guide.' If any 

 person has a fortnight to spare, and means to spend it at Nor- 

 wich, he may safely spend a day at St. Faith's ; but if he has 

 only one day to spare for the city and environs both, he should 

 be content to look into the rivers and ditches between the city 

 and Brandon station, and go to Mousehold Heath ; or if his 

 time will permit, he may visit Ranworth Fen, which is not much 

 further from Norwich than St, Faith's. Our belief is, that St. 



