124 Craigmillar and its Enviro7is. 



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Owing to the natural diversities of the landscape in 

 the surroundings of Craigmillar, the flora of the district 

 is at once rich and varied. Here are found height and 

 valley, wood and meadow, marsh and lake, each with 

 its characteristic vegetation. The peaks and precipices 

 of Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Crags, the waters of 

 Duddingston Loch and its fenny margin, the cultivated 

 fields and plantations around Craigmillar, and the 

 rums of the ancient pile itself, — all these combine to 

 furnish, in a comparatively small extent of surface, a 

 remarkable number of our native plants. Many of 

 these are, of course, the familiar friends that greet the 

 lover of our British wild-flowers in many parts of the 

 country; yet several of them are rare enough to make 



