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Circea alpina in two places: one, the bottom of the 
gorge of “Purgatory” in Sutton, where it is almost 
buried in the wealth of shield-ferns which abound in 
those cool moist shades; the other, the “Trossachs” in 
Scotland, in a similar situation. Having found it in one 
of these places, I was not surprised to find it in the 
other. The partridge-berry is a delicate creeper, and 
when, as it often does, it covers the ground in a mat 
thickly dotted with the twin flowers, its efforts to con- 
tribute to the beauty of the woodland are not to be de- 
spised. The water pennywort is another trailing plant, 
that haunts the sides of the brook or shaded moist 
grounds. Its bright green leaves are its principal at- 
traction, for the flowers are so small as to escape notice 
except on careful examination, which reveals the fact 
that here is a member of the great order Umbelliferz. 
We hardly recognize in this dusty-looking thing 
by the wayside any relation of the bright clean-looking 
red clover; but this is the rabbit-foot clover, the out- 
cast of its family. This little pond, shrinking from the 
gaze of the hot July sun, still furnishes ample nourish- 
ment to the many species and numberless individuals 
which line its borders or creep, now boldly, now timidly, 
into the water. There we now find blooming the droop- 
ing panicles of the Glyceria. The large spikes of Carex 
lupulina are visible afar. We are glad to see on the 
other side of the ditch, the handsome, thickly-set spikes 
