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There are also the shores of the Shannon estuary below Limerick ; 

 and southern Clare (Fergus River, &c.) requires to be overhauled; also 

 North Kerry. Meantime I will keep back your letter about the southern 

 shores of Clew Bay, and can hand it in, if you do not change your 

 mind. Yours very truly, 



A. G. MORE. 



In the next letter (June loth), he says : " I expect to be 

 in Belfast, with my sister by an early train, and if we 

 can find time, I hope to call upon you about 2 o'clock. 

 Nothing has yet been done about the scientific grants." 

 This journey to Belfast, on Thursday, June i2th, was 

 part of a ten days' tour which included also visits to 

 Fair Head, the Giant's Causeway, Portrush, and that 

 scene of his botanical explorations of thirty years ago, 

 Loughgall. Here he arrived on the igth. He had not 

 been to Loughgall since 1854, except once in midwinter 

 for a few days quail and woodcock shooting : and his first 

 act now was to hasten down to the water-side and gather 

 a quantity of the Cladium mariscus, which was growing, 

 green and beautiful as ever, by the brink. His valued 

 old friend, the Rev. George Robinson of Tartaraghan, 

 had for a number of years been trying to convince him 

 that he had made a mistake about this plant, and that 

 no Cladium grew at Loughgall. So next day, when 

 he went to visit Mr. Robinson, he took with him " a 

 good bunch," for the vindication of his character. 



On June 2ist he returned to Dublin, but another short 

 holiday expedition was taken at the end of the month 

 to Llandudno (June 28th), Bangor (29th), Llanberis (aoth), 

 Aber (July ist) and Menai (2nd). At the last-named spot 

 Rosa wilsoni was sought, but without success. 



DUBLIN, July zoth, 1884. 



DEAR SIR, Your application for ^15 to explore Southern Clare and 

 the Shannon estuary passed the two preliminary stages on Monday, 

 and there is no doubt the grant will be confirmed by the Academy. . . . 

 I had intended to write to you some time ago to tell you that I found 

 Crepis biennis at Armagh, and also noticed what I have no doubt was 

 the same plant, a little way west of Glenarm, and by the railway east of 

 Dunadry station, going from Antrim towards Lisburn. Here are three 

 localities for what I believe is a weed fast spreading and no doubt in- 

 troduced with grass and other seeds. Have you ever met with it ? 



