HIS BOTANICAL STUDIES IN OLD AGE. 



gated ; " Aligopane " (Inula heleniuui), already mentioned ; Hemlock 

 (Conium maculatum}, in flower, from near Aberdeen ; Tansy ; Bald- 

 money (Meum athamanticuni) \ Mercury Goosefoot (Chenopodjum 

 Bonus-Henricus) ; Yellow Pimpernel (Lysimachia nemoruvi) ; Wound- 

 wort (Stachys palustris) ; Hemp-nettle (Galeopsis) ; white, red, and 

 yellow Water Avens (Geum rivale) ; Ground Ivy (Nepeta glecoma 

 hederaced) ; Master-wort (Peucedamcm strut Mum) t rare, brought from 

 a distance, but found at Cairnballoch near Alford, and Alton in Leochel 

 Cushnie ; Larkspur ; Bitter-sweet (Solatium dulcamara} ; Columbine 

 (Delphinium Ajacis] ; Gout- weed ; Scotch Lovage (Ligusticum Scoti- 

 atta), rarish ; Greater Plantain (Plantago major) ; Yellow Pansy ( Viola 

 lutea], pretty rare, from about Towey ; Blue Jacob's-ladder (Polemonium 

 cceruleuvi), rare ; Wall-pepper (Sedum acre) ; House-leek (Semper- 

 vivitm tectoruni) ; Bloody-veined Dock (Rumex nemorosus sanguineus\ 

 rare ; Lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis), rare ; Periwinkle ; Chervil ; 

 Corn Parsley (fetroselinum segeticm\ called locally " Dog's myrrh ; " 

 Caraway, which John used greatly ; Flax (Linum usitatissiimun} ; Bind- 

 weed and Forget-me-not. Along the burn side : Peppermint and 

 Spearmint, in great strength and abundance ; White and Goat Willow 

 (Salix alba et capred) ; Orpine (Sedum telephiuni) ; Pale smooth-leaved, 

 and Great hairy Willow-herb (Epilobium roseum et hirsutuvi) ; a great 

 patch of Tufted Vetch ( Vicia craccd) ; the gean ; and abundant water- 

 cress in flower. 



He cultivated garlic, in which he had great belief; the blackberry ; 

 the American tree-onion, with seeds on the top of the stalk ; a large 

 luscious variety of the rasp ; and the elderberry, from which he brewed 

 a kind of drink. His wild dog-roses and his wild daisies had become 

 double by cultivation ; but since he had ceased to look after them, 

 they were relapsing into singlehood. 



