MAESHLANDS AND BOGS. 



TTEBE we shall find the cross-leaved Heath (Erica 

 tetralix), with its whorls of four slender leaves 

 and its pale bells. Many a mass of ling and heather 

 bloom beside it, though their home is on the moorland 

 and the mountain. 



The lovely Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris) 

 blooms in autumn. Though called a grass, it has no- 

 thing in common with the green covering of our fields. 

 It is found frequently in the north of England, and 

 is occasionally found in suitable situations in the 

 Midland shires. Its angular stem, which bears its 

 handsome cream-coloured flowers, is only a few inches 

 high ; and round its root the heart-shaped leaves 

 spring from long foot-stalks, like a violet. The plant 

 received its name from its being considered as a fit 

 flower for the Muses' care. 



The Bog Orchis (Malaxis paludosa), a small plant 

 with yellowish-green flowers, may be looked for when 

 the autumn sets in. It may be known by the margin 

 of the leaves being rough, with incipient buds. The 



