2 WILD NATURE IN STRATHEARN. 



The snowy, sweet-scented blossoms of the 

 hawthorn Queen Mary's favourite tree stand 

 out prominently against the bright, pendulous 

 yellow flowers of the laburnum, and the bloom 

 of the broom and whin, which now decks every 

 bank and brae ; while the delicate pink of the 

 wild rose (Rosa Canina) is intensified in its 

 setting amongst the wayside flowers by the 

 spotless white of the white dog rose (Rosa 

 arvensis). The rain-drops on the grass sparkle 

 in the sun like the finest diamonds, and the lea 

 is ablaze with the humble gowan, and the sweet, 

 heavy-smelling white clover, amongst which the 

 bees hum. 



Many of the corn fields, as if in keeping with 

 the bloom of the broom and whin, are a sea 

 of yellow, glorious in colour on this summer 

 morn as the sun shines on the bright yellow 

 flowers of the charlock (sinapis arvensis), a 

 troublesome weed, popularly known as "scallies" 

 or "skellock," and also as wild mustard, which, 

 when once established in cultivated fields, is 



