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The little green clustered blossoms of the common Lady's 

 Mantle (Alchemilla vulgaris), are familiar to us all ; it grows in 

 meadows and pastures, attains the height of one foot, and bears 

 its flower-cluster on the summit of its branches. 



The Alpine Lady's Mantle (A. alpina), was sent me from the 

 Sma' Glen, Perthshire. Its flowers are no more conspicuous 

 than those of the former species, but indeed less so ; its great 

 beauty consists in the glossy green of its palmate leaves, con- 

 trasted with their silver lining. 



The Field Lady's Mantle (A. arvensis), is in Edward's col- 

 lection of Kentish plants ; it grows abundantly in corn fields 

 in that and most other counties an humble, unassuming plant, 

 with flowers and leaves of the same dull light green hue. It 

 has large, broad, jagged stipules. 



The tall Burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis), grows in meadows 

 by the Swale, near Eichmond. It has a pinnate leaf, and a 

 very tall flower- stalk, surmounted by a compact oval head of 

 dark crimson flowers. The leaves are furnished with stipules. 

 This is our only British species. 



The Salad Burnet family (Pote*rium sanguisorba), is the last 

 in this Burnet group ; it also has but one British member. 

 This Salad Burnet grows in our Yorkshire pastures, the stamens 

 hanging in long clusters from the tiny flowers of the head ; 

 the stigmas live on a separate plant. Its leaves have the 

 flavour of Cucumber, and are, therefore, used in salads ; they 

 are also an ingredient in the beverage called " Cool Tankard." 



Now we come to the Eoses, the prettiest family in all the 

 extensive order to which it gives the name. The five petals 

 and permanent sepals are characteristics common to the whole 

 tribe ; but the enlarged and fleshy tube of the calyx, which 

 becomes the seed-vessel, is a distinctive feature of this family. 



The Burnet Eose (Eosa spinosissima), is a dwarf species ; 

 the leaves are small, and every part of it bristly ; the flowers 

 are cream-coloured, and very fragrant. I have seen it growing 

 abundantly on the shore of the Firth of Forth, and Fanny 



