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its full height of some two or three feet. In autumn 

 the rigid foliage becomes bronzed, and the margins 

 prickly. Another colouring plant, growing on a stem 

 about two feet high with a one-sided cluster of purple 

 flowers, is the Alkanet (Anchusa qffidnalis). It may 

 sometimes be found, but it is scarcely considered a 

 British wild flower. The plant is valuable from the 

 colouring matter in the roots. 



On the Severn rocks we may look out for the Cheddar 

 Pink (T)ianihus ccesiits), and the pretty yellow flowered 

 Bock Eose (HeliantJiemum vulgare), with its shrubby 

 stems, which also grows on gravelly soils. On lime- 

 stone rocks a white variety is sometimes found ; but, 

 with the exception of the common rock rose, the whole 

 family are local and rare. The bright yellow "Welsh 

 Poppy (Mcconqjsis Camlrica) is in bloom on " Severn's 

 banks and Snowdon's cliffs," and the Clove Gilly- 

 flower (DiantTius caryophyllus), the humble progenitor 

 of our glorious carnations, grows on old stone walls. 

 It is the "July flower "par excellence of our ancestors 



"The curious choice clove July flower ;" 



though its small pink flowers would scarcely suggest 

 its relationship. 



