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be obtained by waving in front of us tufts of heather or 

 bracken fern. 



Notice boards in several places gave warning that anyone 

 carrying away ferns would be prosecuted. This led us to 

 expect some of the rarer ferns, but we saw nothing excepting 

 large beds of Bracken with fronds quite six feet high. Broad- 

 buckler Ferns in great profusion, Male Ferns and Hard Ferns 

 were also by no means scarce. There was no indication of 

 these being interfered with, and it is scarcely likely that any- 

 one would take the trouble to dig them out. 



The fine-leaved and cross-leaved heaths were growing side 

 by side. When the top of the crags was reached we found 

 ourselves well repaid for our climb by the magnificient view 

 we obtained over the fertile vale of the Aln, the yellow and 

 yet uncut grain making a lovely background to the green of 

 the Firs and Larches growing on the lower hills facing us. 



A walk of about a couple of miles brought us in view of 

 Callaly Castle. Here we descended the Crags to the village. 

 On the way a very large Rowan tree covered with bright red 

 berries indicated the passing of the summer, and added a 

 great charm to the hillside. In one of the village gardens 

 our attention was called to a Laburnum tree from which large 

 seed pods were hanging in exceptional numbers, yet all the 

 bark evidently years before had been torn from the stem of 

 the tree with the exception of a strip not more than an inch 

 or so wide. 



On our journey the following plants were observed : — 



Great Willow Herb, Epilobium hirstUum. 



Meadow Sweet, Spirea iilmaria. 



Red Bartsia, Bartsia odontitis. 



Eyebright, Euphrasia officinalis. 



Purging Flax, Linum cathartiaim. 



Heather or Ling, Calluna vulgaris. 



Potentilla, Potentilla tormentilla. 



Bleaberry, Vacciniuni myrtillus (in fruit). 



Cowberry, Vacciniuni vitis-id(Ea (in fruit and flower) 



Fine-leaved Heath, Erica cinerea. 



