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residence, for there it grows in a profusion and beauty 

 not to be surpassed, and elsewhere rarely equalled. 

 JulySept. 



Lord BACON, who calls this plant the " Wincopipe," says, 

 that the country people believe, if its flowers open in the 

 morning, a fair day is sure to follow ; and as the belief 

 still continues, it seems reasonable to conclude that it is 

 founded on fact. They open at 8 A. M. and close about 

 noon ; but so sensible are they to the approach of rain, 

 that they close even if a shower passes over. 



tf Such is the science to the peasant dear, 

 Which guides his labour through the varied year : 

 While he, ambitious 'mid his brother swains, 

 To shine, the pride and wonder of the plains, 

 Can in the Pimpernel's red-tinted flowers, 

 As close their petals, read the measured hours." LEYDJEN. 



2. A. tenella, stem creeping ; leaves roundish, somewhat point- 

 ed, stalked ; stigma acute ; flowers rose-coloured. Bog Pimpernel. 



Hob. Mossy bogs rare. " Point near Bamborough," Thomp. 

 Haidendean, Dr Thompson. July, Aug. I/. 



69. CONVOLVULUS. 



1. C. arvensis, stem climbing; leaves arrow-shaped, acute at 

 each end; stalks mostly single -flowered; bracteas minute, re- 

 mote from the flower, which is rose-coloured. Small Bindweed. 



Hob. Dry banks and fields. Ramparts ; near the Shore 

 Lime-kiln ; fields opposite Spring Gardens, Thomp. 

 Plentiful about Bamborough. June, July. ?/ 



2. C. sepium, stem climbing ; leaves arrow-shaped, abrupt at 

 the posterior lobes; stalks square, single-flowered; bracteas 

 heart-shaped, close to the white flower. Great Bindweed. 



Hab. In hedges west of Ladykirk House, but said to have 

 been planted there as an ornamental flower. July, 

 Aug. I} 



The roots of this elegant climber afford a good purgative 

 extract. 



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