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3. Between the Harbour and the Chapel. 

 Field sloping steeply south, 300 feet elevation. " Lazy beds," at least ten 

 years out of cultivation. Soil peaty. Closed, patchy vegetation. 



Calluna vulgaris } Galium saxatile. 



Salix repens ) Juncus lamprocarpus. 



Anthoxanthum odoratum, c. Leontodon hirtus. 



Anagallis tenella, c. Lotus corniculatus. 



Nardus stricta, c. Luzula campestris. 



Potentilla Torrnentilla, c. Pinguicula vulgaris. 



Scabiosa succisa, c. Plantago maritima. 



Prunella vulgaris. 



Achillea Ptarnrica. Eanunculus acris. 



Bellis perennis. Sagina procumbens. 



Carex flava. Senecio aquaticus. 



C. glauca. Trifolium dubium. 



Cnicus pratensis. T, repens. 

 Cynosurus cristatus. 



The difference in quality between this invasion on the peat-area and the 

 last, which was on the loam, is very apparent. In both cases the number 

 of wet-soil plants on these well-drained slopes facing south conveys a good 

 idea of the dampness of the climate. 



Trees and Shrubs. — A few trees have been planted, mostly about 

 cottages near the east end of the island ; but though some of. them are now 

 tolerably old, none have succeeded in attaining a greater height than about 

 12 feet. The species represented are 



Acer Pseudo-platanus. S. Smithiana. 



Prunus Cerasus. S. viminalis. 



Pyrus Aucuparia. 1 Populus canadensis. 



Sambucus nigra. P. nigra. 



Fraxinus excelsior. Alnus glutinosa. 



Salix pentandra. 



Near the harbour are some attempts at hedges, where we find — 

 Crataegus Oxyacantha. Hippophae rhamnoides. 



A few shrubs have been planted for ornament or use about cottages : — 

 Bibes Grossularia, Ligustrum sp. ; 



Fuchsia Biccartoni, 

 and at the little new hotel may be seen Riles sanguineum, several New 

 Zealand Veronicas, Griselinia littoralis. 



1 This is the only one of the eleven species listed which occurs also as a native on the island. 



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