366 Voi'ksh/'iT A'd/ lira lists at Bowes. 



he can seldom tell you anything- of their life history. His 

 cupidity uses all the time and energy at his disposal. 



When out to observe don't g-o too far or too fast ; haste does 

 not ijo hand in hand with scrutiny and discrimination. 



1 have outstript the bounds of an ordinary botanical report, 

 but 1 have done it with the object of trying- to rouse the flowering 

 plant members. This section has done little work, with one or, 

 perhaps, two exceptions, for several years. The Moss men and 

 the Fungus men have done g-ood and lasting- work, true ; they 

 have better chances of fmding- new species than has the flowering- 

 plant man. But if every species is known, there is still a lot to 

 learn about each. Let us try to learn it. 



And Nature, the dear old nurse, 



Took the child upon her knee, 

 Saying", ' Here is a story book 



Thy Father hath written for thee. 



Come wander with me,' she said, 



' Into regions yet untrod. 

 And read what is still unread 



In the manuscripts of God ! ' 



And he wandered away and away 



With Nature, the dear old nurse ; 

 Who sang- to him nig-ht and day, 



The rhv'mes of the universe. 



LONCFELLOW On AgASSIZ. 



Yes ; Bowes is a delightfully restful place. I am looking- 

 forward to groing- there again. The only person I saw m a 

 hurry during my stay was our most respected President, and he 

 was then going to catch the train to Lartington. Bowes is 

 God's country ! 



The following is a list of the principal plants seen. The 

 nomenclature is that of the third edition of ' Hooker's Student's 

 Flora of the British Islands,' Macmillan & Co. 1884. The author 

 in his preface says : — For the plants regarded as composing the 

 British Flora proper I have mainly followed the ' London Cata- 

 logue of British Plants,' Seventh edition, 1874 ; being fully 

 satisfied that I should thus best serve the interests of British 

 Botanv : — Ranunculus fluitans , R. flanimula, R. acris, R. repens, 

 R. bulbosus, Caltha palustris, Papaver Rhceas, Capsella Bnrsa- 

 pastoris, Draba verna, Cardaniine pratensis, C. hirsuta, Xastur- 

 tium officinale, Sisymbrium thalianum, S. alluiria, Helianthemum 

 vulgare, Viola canina, J', lutca (also the purpled flowered variety), 

 Polygala vulgaris, P. depressa, Silene inflata (this plant lingers 

 sparinglv ; a survival of the corn-growing era). Lychnis flos- 



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