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French tamarisks (Tamarix gallica), the trunks of which are 

 of a large size. There are also a few cork-barked elms on 

 the north side, near the summit of the hill, at the base of the 

 buildings. The elder (.Sambucus nigra) is likewise inter- 

 spersed here in great abundance, and, with the others, gives a 

 pleasing feature to this side of the mount during the summer 

 season. 



To the botanist the Mount will not be altogether barren 

 of amusement and study ; as, among the many large and 

 scattering rocks down towards its base (some of which are 

 partly embedded in the soil, while others lie on its surface), 

 the variety of plants is considerable, among which are to be 

 seen the ^splenium marlnum, iSfatice Armeria, /'nula //e- 

 \enium, iSenecio Jacobae^a, &c., with a profusion of J5orago 

 officinalis, wild hyacinths, and narcissuses, which, during their 

 season of flowering, give a pleasing variety to the whole. 



Such as feel disposed to become better acquainted with 

 this venerable monument of antiquity may be referred to the 

 Guide to the Mouiifs Bay and. the Landh End, by a Fhysician, 

 published in 1824, in which the author gives its natural, 

 ecclesiastical, and military history ; also its geology, and the 

 minerals with which it abounds. The reader will also find a 

 description of the climate in Mount's Bay, with a pretty con- 

 siderable list of acclimatised exotics; also a list of indigenous 

 plants of western Cornwall, with many other particulars 

 interesting to both the gardener and botanist, as well as to 

 those whose scientific researches are of another description. 



I shall close this article in the language of a more recent 

 writer, who says, that, " to the mineralogist, the antiquary, 

 the historian, the poet, and the painter, St. Michael's Mount 

 will ever be an object of particular interest and real satis- 

 faction." I am, Sir, yours &c. 



T. RUTGER. 



Short grove, Essex, Jan. 1833. 



Art. VIII. A Notice of the Effects of Wind on Trees groxmig on 

 the Coast near Poole, Dorsetshire. By the Rev. W. B. Clarke. 



Sir, 

 The prevailing winds on the coast of Dorsetshire are from 

 the south-west. The effects of these winds upon vegetation 

 are remarkably evident in the direction of the branches of 

 the trees which have been exposed in unsheltered situations. 

 I send you herewith profiles of six oaks {fgs. 124, 125, 126.), 

 selected from nearly two dozen standing together, on the 



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