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waters of Grasmere, flowers in July ; the 

 orange, wliicli unfolds its golden-coloured 

 petals in thf same month, enlivens the 

 depth of solitary woods; the shrubby is 

 seen on w^ood-sides and hedge-banks. The 

 rough - bordered, of which the glaucous 

 under-green of the dark leaves sufficiently 

 distinguishes it, beautifully varies the deep 

 woods of southern Scotland, and those of 

 Perthshire and Durham. The shrubby, 

 which grows generally in the woods of Bri- 

 tain, opens its numerous flowers at seven in 

 the morning, and warns the weary herds- 

 man or woodcutter to rest from his labour, 

 when its petals begin to close at one or 

 two. The wood-hawkweed seems to liiitrer 

 where tlic footsteps of men, great it may 

 be in their day, and renowned in past ages, 

 have once trodden. Fine specimens have 

 been gathered on the old Roman camp, near 

 Newberry, and from off the walls of Dud- 



