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" having finally arrived at its full growth ; a time probably 

 coincident with, if not dependent upon, the period when the 

 Beech cannot supply it with sufficient nutriment." 



The list of flowers is composed of such familiar names as 

 Crowfoot (Ranunculus], Marsh Marigold (Calthd), Barberry 

 (Berberis), Ladies'-smock (Cardamine), Whitlow-grass (Dra- 

 ba), Shepherd's-purse (Thlaspi], Lychnis (Silene), Stitch- 

 wort (Stellar ia), Mouse-ear (Cerastium), Wood-sorrel (Ox- 

 alls), Yiolet (Viola), Geranium, Potentilla, Bramble (Ru- 

 bus), Gentian (Gentiana), Skull-cap (Scutellaria) , Butter- 

 wort (Pinguicula) , Groundsel (Senecio), Hawkweed (Hiera- 

 cium), Dandelion (Taraxacum], Pimpernel (Anagallis), etc. 



On reading such a list of thoroughly English species, 

 the conclusion seems forced on us that similar latitudes 

 produce a similar vegetation in the opposite hemispheres; 

 .but we are told by Dr. Hooker, that " experience has proved 

 the fallacy of such a conclusion," and that, on the contrary, 

 " the flora of Tierra del Euego possesses an additional and 

 peculiar charm in its being the only region south of the 

 tropics where the botany of our temperate zone is, as it 

 were, repeated to a very considerable extent." 



There is an island called Hermite Island, situated close 

 to Cape Horn, to which a particular interest belongs, as 



