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Burnet Rose (Rosa spinocissima.) 



Yellow-horned Poppy (Glaucium luteum.) 



Stinking Iris (Iris fcetidissima.) 



Climbing Corydalis (Corydalis claviculata.) 



Sea-side Everlasting Pea (Lathrus maritimus.) 



Sea Holly (Eryngium maritimum.) 



Lesser Dodder (Cuscuta epithijmum.) 



Bird's-nest Orchis (Listera nidus avis.) 



Butcher's Broom (Buscus aculeata.J 



Vernal Squill (Scilla verna.) 



Autumnal Squill (Scilla autumnalis.J 



Bloody Crane's-bill (Geranium sanguineum.) 



A lady' named Acton, who was staying at Salcombe awhile 

 since, writes, "The lichen I got on the rock beyond Bolt 

 Head is such a wonder. Dr. Moore, of Glasnevin botanic 

 gardens, has written to me for a good handful of it for his 

 museum. He congratulates me for being so happy as to find 

 this brocella— the rarest and most valuable of lichens. * * * 

 The only place in the United Kingdom where it had been 

 previously found was in the Isle of Wight." 



A scramble around the point leading towards Splat Cove 

 (notwithstanding the difficulty from slippery rocks), will be 

 amply repaid by a sight of the entrance to an old iron mine, 

 which appears to have been worked for some fathoms into 

 the schistus rock, and has much the appearance of a natural 

 cavern. For several feet the walls are studded with patches 

 of a most brilliant, soft, emerald-green moss, which, reflecting 

 the light, almost rivals in splendour the gorgeous tints of the 

 humming-bird, or the elytra of some of the foreign beetles. 

 It is seen to the greatest advantage at the distance of a few 

 yards, especially when it meets the eye in one particular 

 direction. Upon detaching some portions of the moss from 

 the disintegrating stone, and removing it to a full light, its 

 resplendent character nearly, if not quite, disappears, and 

 nothing is visible on the surface of the stone but a filmy, 



