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than those of the Silver Weed, and are dark green on the upper 

 side, but white and woolly below ; they likewise are pinnate. 

 This is a scarce species, its bright rose-shaped yellow flowers 

 are thickly scattered over the bush, and it is a pleasing object. 

 I gathered it early in last August about rocks in Teasdale, not 

 far from the celebrated waterfall called " The High Force." 



The Strawberry-flowered Cinquefoil, which has occasionally 

 seven leaflets, I have not found. It only flourishes in Wales. 



The Spring Cinquefoil I gathered at the end of last April 

 on Blackford Hill, near Edinburgh. It is a very small species, 

 with yellow flowers, and deep green leaves. The edges and 

 the ribs of the leaves are somewhat bristly ; otherwise the 

 plant is smooth. 



The Creeping Cinquefoil (P. repens, Plate VII., Jig. 2), grows 

 in most hedgebanks ; its trailing stem, leaves and flower- 

 stalk joined to the stem in clusters, bright yellow blooms, and 

 full green five-parted leaves, are easily recognised. 



The Hoary Cinquefoil grows also on Blackford Hill, but I was 

 too early for it. It is a cottony plant, with small yellow flowers. 



The Hairy, the Alpine, and the White Cinquefoils are mountain 

 plants. The Alpine species is orange ; the Hairy, bright yellow. 



There are two members of this family with ternate leaves 

 the Strawberry-leaved Cinquefoil (P. fragariastrum), familiar 

 to us all, but generally mistaken for Wild Strawberry blossom ; 

 and the Three-toothed Cinquefoil, each leaflet of which has 

 three points. This last is a Highland species. 



The Strawberry-leaved Cinquefoil may be distinguished from 

 its namesake by its earlier period of flowering, weaker habit, 

 and, most conclusively, by its naked seeds, placed upon a dry 

 receptacle. 



This family have no uses that I am aware of; boys some- 

 times eat the roots of the Silver Weed, and say that they 

 resemble Chestnuts when roasted. Many garden species of 

 Potentilla have large richly-tinted blooms and silvery foliage, 

 and form handsome border plants. 



