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that for some time only a most limited sphere of usefulness 

 would be open to him. 



His correspondence was rather slack, but the explora- 

 tion of Irish Botany was going on, and " bulletins " from 

 time to time dropped in with news of the latest success in 

 this or that district. Some of the most interesting letters 

 received during this botanical season were those of Mr. T. 

 H. Corry, with whom he had become acquainted about the 

 beginning of the previous year. In accordance with his 

 suggestion, Mr. Corry had applied for (and obtained) a 

 Royal Irish Academy grant to explore the flora of the 

 Ben Bulben range in county Sligo, and part of the summer 

 of 1882 was devoted to that district, which has since 

 been sadly associated with the young explorer's memory. 

 Before setting out, Mr. Corry wrote from Cambridge (i2th 

 June, 1882) on some of the points which he hoped to investi- 

 gate I- 

 MY DEAR MORE, I should have replied to your last letter long 

 since, but since I received it I have had nothing but continual pressure 

 of University work ; but now that is over for the present, and I have a 

 little time. Pray excuse my long silence, which was unavoidable. . . . 

 I start for Ben Bulben on the 20th, so would like to know, by return, 

 whether you can give me any further or more exact information about 

 the following plants : 



Saxifraga nivalis, in Dickie put down as ''moist cliffs on Ben 

 Bulben, about 1800 feet": Mr. J. Wynne quoted in the "Cybele." 

 Dr. Moore, in his report on the Hepaticae, says "on high rocks 

 between the heads of Glenade and Gleniff." Which locality is nearest 

 the place ? Do you know if Dr. Moore ever found it himself, or can 

 you direct me more precisely ? Arabis petraea : " On Glenade mountain 

 adjoining Ben Bulben," Mr. J. Wynne. Dr. Moore gives the same 

 station for this as I have quoted above for S. nivalis. Did he find this 

 plant also, and is the direction I have the most precise ? Alchemilla 

 alpina: You once told me in a letter that "of late years A. conjuncta 

 only has been seen, growing in suspicious localities at the foot of Ben 

 Bulben." A. conjuncta has never been published from there, and 

 Babington thinks it a very likely place for it to be introduced. Can 

 you tell me where I am likely to find A. conjuncta there ? as the 

 question whether the species is alpina or conjuncta ought to be set at 

 rest. 



I intend spending a fortnight on the .range, and will pay special 

 attention as directed to the exact upper limits of low plants and lower 

 limits of alpines ; also to Saxifrages, Salices, and Hieracia. I will 

 have two friends with me, both fairly sharp in keeping their eyes open 



