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At 1500 feet. — Juniper, Primus padus, Bosa canina, Salix 

 fusca, honeysuckle, aspen, Mentha viridis, gooseberry (fruit 

 good). 



At 1450 feet. — Rosa spmosissima. 



At 1250 feet. — Apple, pear (planted eight years, flowers, but 



has not fruited), cabbage, potato field, spinach, H/'hes nigrum, 



cloyer field, Sinapis alia, bean, radish, chives, carrot, lettuce, 



Mentha gcntUh. 



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 At 1100 feet.— Ivy. 



At 1050 feet. — Vihurnum ojyulus, Ruius siiherecfus, alder, 

 strawberry, onion, leek, horse-radish, peas. 



In Weardale our highest measurements for the cereals are — 

 oats, 1340 feet; barley, 1000 feet; wheat, 750 feet; in Allen- 

 dale, oats, 1600 feet; barley, 950 feet; wheat, 800 feet. In 

 making a similar list to the above for Allendale, we had the 

 kind and efiicient help of Mr. Ealph Murray, of Allenheads, who 

 spent, when we were staying at the village, in 1865, a consider- 

 able time in traversing with us Mr. Beaumont's extensive gar- 

 dens and plantations, for the purpose of compiling it. Our first 

 list is of the species noticed in the gardens at Coal Clough (1650- 

 1700 feet), in West Allendale ; and of GiU's House (1665 feet), 

 and Shomgate House (1640 feet), in East AUendale, say, in 

 round numbers, of species grown at 550 yards — 



Fruits. — Plum, raspberry, red currant, black currant, Rulus 

 saxatilis. 



Vegetables. — Potato, rhubarb, turnip, cabbage, Mentha viridis, 

 M. gentilis. Anthem is nohilis, wormwood, lettuce, carrot, cauli- 

 flower, Tropceoliim, marjoram, onion. 



Trees and Shrubs. — Sycamore, ash, larch, hawthorn, spruce, 

 Scotch fix, Wych elm, Syringa vulgaris, Salix viminalis, S. pur- 

 purea, S. Smithiana, S. phylicifolia, Rosa alha. 



