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various dominant Composite and Rosaceae grow, with occasionally a 

 bushland of Sloe, Briars, Brambles, Sallows, &c. Then there is a 

 boundary ditch, on the sides of which or in which is an aquatic or semi- 

 aquatic flora, which includes such hydrophilous plants as Watercress, 

 Water Ranunculus, Marsh wort. &c. 



Finally we have the hedge with a bank on which dry-soil forms 

 grow, and various planted trees, with bushes and shrubs dispersed at 

 intervals. In fields the hedges and ditches are a repetition of the last. 



GENERAL VIEW OF R 



Of these wayside flowers we have included about forty -four, 

 deeming it wiser to give rather fuller attention to this section from its 

 easy accessibility, and the variety of wild flowers that may be found 

 along the highways and byways of Great Britain. 



In the south of England, or where chalk abounds, the hedges 

 are bordered with Traveller's Joy, and here and there Barberry crops 

 up, though it is largely an introduction. Along the ditch side, Water- 

 cress, Garlic Mustard, and Great Stitchwort are familiar friends, the 

 latter having delightful pearl-like blooms, the two former being used 

 as salads. 



Perforate St. John's Wort grows on the sward or by the ditch side, 

 its yellow blooms making the roadside bright along with the pink- 

 flowered Herb Robert, which crouches amid the undergrowth in the 



