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On boggy ground near Xirklington and Richmond, also in 

 Swaledale, we find the beautiful Bird's-eye Primrose (P. fari- 

 nosa). The flowers are smaller than any of those in its family 

 except the Scotch Primula, and of a beautiful lilac, arranged 

 in full clusters, like a garden Verbena. The leaves are simple, 

 and both they and the stem are covered with white powder. 



The Scotch Primrose (P. scotica), is a still smaller plant, 

 and its blossoms are of a deep purple, with yellow centres. 

 Its leaves are finely toothed and powdery, like those of the 

 Bird's-eye Primrose. It grows on the seacoast in the north 

 of Scotland. 



Beautiful Yellow and Purple Auriculas were brought to us 

 from the mountains when we were in Switzerland ; they also 

 belong to the Primrose order, and are the original of our 

 beautiful garden Auriculas. 



The Polyanthus is a member of the same family. 



The Water Violet family has but one British member. It is 

 most unfitly named, for there is not the very slightest resem- 

 blance to a Violet ; it is much more like the Cuckoo-Flower. 



Our Water Violet (Hottonia paliistris, Plate XIV., fig. 4), 

 has thread-shaped, pinnate leaves, all under water. The pink 

 flowers grow in whorls, and have yellow centres ; there are 

 five petals and five stamens. Until within the last few years 

 there was a pond near the Bishop of Eipon's Palace which was 

 covered with this plant, but the pond has been filled up. The 

 Water Violet still grows in a pond near the JSTorth Bridge, at 

 the back of a cottage called Noah's Ark, because during the 

 frequent floods of the Ure it is often surrounded by water. 

 My specimen came from that pond. 



The Cyclamen family are far better known in gardens and 

 conservatories than as wild flowers. We have, however, one 

 native species, and Fanny had the good fortune to find it near 

 Fowey, in Cornwall, and Edward has it from Kent. 



The Ivy-leaved Cyclamen (Cyclamen hederajfolium, Plate 

 XIV., fig. 5), has a thick root, which, in countries where it 



