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Green Man Orchis, Aceras anthropophera. 



Self-heal, Prunella vulgaris. 



Ragged Robin, Lynchis flos-cuculi. 



Tufted Vetch, Vicia crecca. 



Hedge Bedstraw, Galium mollugo. 



Larger Knapsweed, Centaurea scabiosa. 



Meadow Vetchling, Lathys pratensis. 



Mouse-ear Chickweed, Cerastium vulgatum. 



White Flax, Linum cathartiaim. 



Water Mint, Mentha aquatica. 



Gout Weed, ^gopodium podagraria. 



Lady's Smock, Cardamine pratensis. 



Spring Vetch, Vicia lathyrides. 



Marsh Thistle, Cnicus palitstris. 



Ivy-leafed Toadflax, Linaria cymbalatia. 



Northern Bedstraw, Galiitin boreale. 



Heath Bedstraw, Galium laxatile. 



Field Scabious, Knautia arvensis. 



Water Bedstraw, Galium palustre. 



Biting-stone Crop, Sedum acre. 



Wood Cranes-bill, Geranium sylvaticum. 

 At the side of the road between Otterburn and Catcleugh 

 are poles erected carrying twenty-five telegraph wires. At 

 several places on these wires there were perched flocks of 

 Swallows and House Martins. Had it not been so early in 

 the year we should have concluded they had gathered together 

 prior to leaving us for a warmer climate. None but the 

 commonest birds were noticed, but all allowed a close 

 approach, and showed little fear. I was much pleased to 

 learn from a source which leaves no doubt of the fact that 

 this year the Raven has been allowed to rear her young not 

 many miles from Otterburn. 



The eleven miles drive from Catcleugh to Otterburn was 

 commenced shortly after three o'clock in the afternoon. On 

 the road, though the sky appeared perfectly clear, the distant 

 rumblings of thunder were heard. The conveyances were 

 stopped at High Rochester for the purpose of visiting the 



