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than lovely in the garden. At El Pergla in the 

 proper season we may find the Triolium abbreviatum, 

 the Scabiosa longiflora, the cineraria with its golden 

 clusters, and the Samolus Valerundi. There the queen 

 of European grasses assumes stately proportions, 

 and there grow in great abundance the Campanula 

 Erinus, the Rovo, the fruit of which is called the 

 spotted mulberry, the plantain, the agnus castus, 

 with the sweet melissa and the graceful Torilis 

 nodosa. The Similax aspera, and the 8. Mauritanica 

 with their climbing stalks cover the rocks and heaps 

 of stones." 



" Common in such rural spots are the wild plum, 

 quince, pomegranate, and German medlar trees. There 

 also we may notice the Celsia cretica, the Diplilotaxis 

 viminea, and a goodly number of grasses. On the 

 coast) grows the OaJcile maritima, and every where 

 in Gozo we find tufts of Ononis ramosissima, which 

 is dried and used in the caulking of ships." 



" The Crucianella maritima exhales its balsam- 

 like perfume at eventide, and every spring gives life 

 to beds of water cress. At San Paolo di Marsa el 

 Forn the botanist will find the striped convolvulus, 

 and upon the lofty Ta Cenc Rocks the sturdy 

 Euphorbia dendrotdes. Upon the hill Ta Harrax 

 luxuriate the Conixa Saxatilis, the Lotus cytisoides, 

 the tall Fenda nodiflora, and the Ruta chalepensis. 

 In the fields which flank this hill grows amongst 

 the standing corn the Bartsia trixago var. versicolor 



