Haarlem. 20$ 



Otites, Jasione montana, Agrostis setacea, Aira canescens* 



and Cariina vulgaris, are likewise plentiful. All of these 

 are British plants, though not of general occurrence in our 

 country. Erigeron Canadense * was the only plant, not a 

 British native, which Mr Macdonald observed on these 

 sand-hills ; but his examination was necessarily rapid, and 

 of confined extent. The dewberry and the hazel-leaved 

 bramble (Rubus cassius and corylifolius)in many places cove- 

 red the sand with their decumbent runners, rendering it diffi- 

 cult to walk ; and the fruit was at this time very abundant. 

 The afternoon service in the Cathedral did not begin 

 before five o'clock, and it continued till near seven. We now 

 had an opportunity of seeing the sacrament of baptism dis- 

 pensed to several infants. The service is read from a book, 

 and occupies a considerable space of time ; while both pa- 

 rents, or rather their representatives, the (loop heffcr and 

 hester, present the children. The clergyman who officiated 

 at this ceremony, w r as not he who had preached, but a more 

 elderly personage. The font stood on a covered table ; and 

 the minister, taking each infant in his arms, as practised in 

 the Church of England, sprinkled it with the lustral water 

 three several times, as he slowly and solemnly pronounced 

 the sacred names of the persons of the Trinity. 



There are several excellent private gardens in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Haarlem. One of the most distinguished for 



* This, as implied in the trivial name, is an American plant. The late 

 M. de Jussieu was of opinion, that it had heen first introduced into France 

 by means of seeds sticking among the fur of the beaver-skins imported from 

 Canada. The seeds being furnished with a fine pappus, are readily trans- 

 ported to great distances by the winds : we had gathered it upon old walls 

 at Bruges, and Mr Macdonald now picked it up on the downs of Haarlem, 

 It has also, of late years, appeared on the shores of England. 



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