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oat. I have sown them in a small garden, where I hope to be 

 able to preserve them. I have sown seventy-five varieties. I 

 don't say there is that number of distinct kinds ; but often last 

 winter, when examined by eminent farmers, they scarcely could 

 compare two ears together, however much alike, but there was al- 

 ways found some slight difference. There are many sorts in the 

 collection as fine grain as I ever saw, and some were very pro- 

 lific. T counted one ear for curiosity, and the yield was IGl corns. 

 " I have sown every kind by itself. They are at this time look- 

 ing very healthy, although the weather is very cold and frosty. 

 I have been solicited to exhibit samples at the Horticultural Show 

 at Alnwick, which takes place in September. I am, etc., 



"James Binks.^^ 



COLEWOETS, FPtOM TURNEU'S 'HERBALL.' 



" There are yit ii kyndes of wyld cole, whereof I fynd no men- 

 cion in any wryter. The one is a wonderful great cole ; and hath 

 leues thrise as thike as euer I saw any other cole have ; it hath 

 whyte floures, and round berryes, like yuy (Ivy), where in the 

 sede is conteyned. This herbe groweth at douer, harde by the 

 see syd. The other kynde of wyld cole groweth euer by water 

 sydes with a leafe indentyd, as rokket is ; in taste, smelle, fash- 

 ione of floure, and sede, lyke unto the gardyne cole. Of these I 

 name in latyne brassicam dobricam, in Englyshe dover cole : be- 

 cause I found it fyrst besyde dover. The second kynde I cal 

 brassicam fluviatilem ; and in english ' water kole,' because it 

 groweth euer by water sides." 



NOTES OE A BOTANICAL TOUR IN BANEESHIRE. 



{^Continued from p. 475.) 



Refreshed with our repast, we looked more cheerfully at the 

 portion of our journey that yet lay before us. About half was 

 yet to be done. Rain was now at times pouring down in tor- 

 rents. Still on we toiled, and by-and-by reached hard ground 

 — the granite. Had the afternoon been fair, we might have 

 crossed Beu-na-Bynach, but as the hills were covered with mist, 

 we had to take the route round the base. We spoke little : the 



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