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that our list of floral treasures would have been materially in- 

 creased. Our party consisted of my two sisters and myself, and 

 we took up our residence in a very small and inconvenient cot- 

 tage about half a mile from the village of Invercloy. The situa- 

 tion amply atoned for its internal discomfort ; and when enjoying 

 the lovely prospect of the Frith of Clyde, the Ayrshire coast, and 

 the hills of Argyle, we willingly forgot the chaflf beds, the single 

 water-jug, and the nocturnal dance regularly celebrated by the 

 rats in -the thatched roof of our mansion. A winding path 

 through several sloping fields led us to the shore : and these 

 fields were mines of wealth to us, for in them blossomed the 

 delicate little Rosa spinosissima, Habenaria albida and H. bifolia, 

 Orchis mascula and 0. maculata, Pinguicula vulgaris, Lysima- 

 cMa nemorum, Thymus ^erpyllum, Digitalis purpurea (occasion- 

 ally the white variety), while the air was fragrant with the sweet 

 odours of Gymnadenia Conopsea and Pyrus Aucuparia. Scolopen- 

 drium vulgai^e, Asplenium Trichomanes, and A. Adiantum-nigrum, 

 grew plentifully among the pieces of rock which frequently pro- 

 jected from the ground. Near the shore was a large space of 

 marshy land, in which we gathered splendid specimens of Ana- 

 gallis tenella, Menyanthes trifoliata, Aster Tripolium, Samolus 

 Valerandi, and a small variety of Erythraa. The shore plants 

 were rich and varied. Among them were the beautiful Mertensia 

 maritima, Honkenya peploides, Anthyllis Vulneraria, Silene ma~ 

 ritima, and Glaux maritima. 



At Corrie, a small fishing hamlet beyond Brodick Castle, we 

 found in abundance the small but rare Pinguicula lusitanica ; 

 and in the same bog grew NartJiecium ossifragum, Myrica 

 Gale, and the most exquisite specimens of Erica Tetralix I have 

 ever seen. Beyond the bog are some low Eed Sandstone rocks, 

 with caves in which grow As^jlenium marinum, A. Adiantum- 

 nigrum, Osmunda regalis, and the luxuriant Lastrea recurva. 

 We gathered much finer specimens of Asplenium marinum at 

 King's Cove, on the west coast of the island, where it grew on 

 the roofs of the caves in great profusion, intermixed with delicate 

 pendent fronds of Scolopendrium vulgare. In Glen Sannox and 

 at Corrie Gills we found beautiful plants of Drosera anglica ; D. 

 rotundifolia being common throughout the island. Cotyledon 

 Umbilicus is of frequent occurrence, but varying much in size ac- 

 cording to its situation. I may also mention Geranium sangui- 



