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folia, Centaurea polyacantha, Aristolochia glauca, 

 the Smilax aspera, and the beautiful Lonicera implexa. 

 A little higher up is a pathway, leading to a romantic 

 little garden, solely made by an old man, whose 

 retreat was not known till he had made this small 

 spot " his little paradise." There, under the shade 

 of Pinus sylvestris and Ceratonia siliqua, the middle 

 classes, with their families, spend a few hours, taking 

 such refreshment as their humble means afford. 



The botanist, after visiting this spot, may retrace 

 his steps to the road leading to St. Michael's cave ; 

 on his way down he will, perhaps, find specimens of 

 Jasminum fruticans, and, if later in summer, he will 

 see Daphne gnidium in blossom, with a hundred other 

 interesting plants, such as Lavandula dentata, Teu- 

 crium fruticans, and T. lucidum. It is quite necessary 

 to leave the road, and climb up the rocks (which, 

 however), is no easy matter, to gather anything like a 

 variety ; having done so, he meets with a great num- 

 ber of plants, and they become more interesting the 

 higher he ascends, from the scarcity of some of the 

 species. The whole side of the rock in this locality 

 is covered with the broom tribe of plants, Genista 

 linifolia and Sarothamnus boeticus being the most 

 conspicuous, and here are seen different species of 

 Centaurea, Kentrophyllum arborescens, Scolymus 

 hispanicus, and, at distant intervals, Atractylis can- 

 cellata, Scabiosa stellata, and a few comparatively 

 rare plants, such as Linum maritimum, Lychnis 

 dioica, Biscutella microcarpa, Campanula erinoides. 

 We shall now suppose the botanist to have examined 



