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BOTANICAL TOUR 



IN THE 



HIGHLANDS OF PERTHSHIRE. 



BY W. P. AND A. I. 



[Reprinted from ' The PhytologistJ''] 



' The rugged mountain's scanty cloak 

 Was dwarfish shrubs of Birch and Oak, 

 With shingles bare and cliffs between, 

 And patches bright of Bracken green; 

 And Heather black, that waved so high, 

 It held the copse in rivalry." Scott. 



! Sweet smells the Birk, green grows the grass, 



Yellow on Yarrow's banks the Gowan j 

 Fair hangs the Apple frae the rock, 



Sweet the wave o' Yarrow flowan." Old Ballad. 



' O green, said I, are Yarrow's Holms, 



And sweet is Yarrow flowing ; 

 Fair hangs the Apple frae the rock, 

 But we will leave it growing." Wordsworth. 



LONDON : 



WILLIAM PAMPLIN, 45, FEITH STEEET, SOHO SQTJAEE. 



1857. 



