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methylated spirits (one-third), Soak 10 or 12 minutes and 

 place on a newspaper to dry ; afterwards press between 

 sheets of clean blotting paper, and mount as required. By 

 this process the colours of the flowers are generally 

 maintained. 



Now, as is well known to all professionals, most of our 

 rarest plants are found in higher altitudes. Winding our 

 way towards Fairfield and Helvellyn, passing the memor- 

 able shepherd's house, leaving Tongue Ghyll on the right, 

 crossing the beck on to the greensward, at every step as we 

 ascend the mighty Helvellyn how the panorama widens ! 

 hill beyond hill, with undulating verdant pastures afar below. 

 Having traversed a considerable distance, and inclining to 

 the left towards a deep ghyll, what a charming picture 

 greets one ! Wild orchids in divers colours, and the golden 

 saxifraga, aizoides, heathers, primulas, and beautiful 

 mosses overhang the rock ; and, at the foot of the rock, 

 the moss campion is flow r ering profusely, carrying on its 

 petals like crystal the spray from the rushing torrents. 

 Still further, through Grizedale Pass and near the tarn, are 

 masses of the beautiful moss campion (silene acaulis). 



This is the memorable place where Wordsworth and 

 his brother parted, and so graphically described by Canon 

 Rawnsley in those charming works, his " Literary 

 Associations of the Lakes ;" also, by Professor Knight and 

 Goodwin, " Through the Wordsworth Country ;" and again 

 in that unique edition, " The English Lake District," by 

 Professor William Knight, St. Andrew's University. I 

 gathered this plant recently from the very spot, and 

 acclimatised it to the lowlands. In elegiac verse the poet 

 wrote these touching lines upon the influencing nature of 

 this modest little flower : 



" Even this plant 



Is in its beauty ministrant 



To comfort and to peace. 



