WOOD-SORREL FAMILY. 



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The XXIII and last Order in this sub-class con- 

 tains but the BLADDER-NUT (Staphylese) which " has 

 no right to be included in the British Flora, as it 

 is only to be found in some thickets and hedges, 

 where it was probably planted." * It is a native of 

 Eastern Europe. 



Here our first summer of Botanical Eambles must 

 end for a while: and it is better that you should 

 become thoroughly acquainted with the plants in this 

 division, before you study the next. I hope you are, 

 by this time, so far interested in the study, as to be 

 eager to make fresh excursions, as soon as " Spring 

 flowers bloom again." And should health be per- 

 mitted us, we will proceed with our botanical exami- 

 nations together. 



I regret that, constant weary headaches have pre- 

 vented my pen from treating the subject as it 

 deserves : but if it prove to be the means of leading 

 your "first steps" into the right path for better 

 improvement, it has fulfilled its mission ; and I shall 

 ever rejoice in having made the attempt. And may 

 you, my dear young friends, ever rejoice in a study 

 capable of affording not only so much pleasure in 



* < British Flora.' 



