8o WILD FLOWERS 



both pink and white, and is met with among 

 mountains as well as by the sea. On cliffs 

 at the coast its pale blossoms toss in the 

 sea breeze in all sorts of inaccessible places. 



Last of all I mention the Wild Thyme 

 (Thymus serpyllum and Thymus chamsedrys), 

 Plate V., Fig. 11. On links and sandhills 

 the air is filled with the fragrance of those 

 delightful plants. There are two sorts. The 

 first has its stem resting on the ground, and 

 leaves three or four times as long as they are 

 broad, with rounded ends; the other has an 

 upright stem, and egg-shaped leaves. Both 

 have purple flowers, and make the most 

 delightful of cushions upon which to lie and 

 watch the sea and the ships. 



My design prevents me from passing 

 beyond the flowering plants, and glancing, 

 however hurriedly, at the lovely group of 

 ferns, the mosses, or the seaweeds. These 

 in due time will be sought out and studied 

 by the lover of plants; but in themselves 

 they form a subject even more extensive than 

 that which I have here introduced. 



