WALL PENNYWORT. 



Cotyledon Umbilicus. Nat. Ord., 

 Crass'tlacece. 



Tuii lovers of plants will doubtless 

 recall many a pleasant ramble in 

 spots that to the uninitiated ap- 

 peared hopelessly unlikely to yield 

 any floral results. It is precisely 

 in such spots that we must search 

 f for not a few plants that, com- 

 ; monly enough found in these 

 localities, may be searched for 

 elsewhere in vain. Amidst the 

 rough shingle of the sea-shore or 

 the desolate sand-hills that fringe 

 its margin we find the brilliant 

 yellow horned poppy, the crimson- 

 blossomed thrift, the beautiful 

 stars of the sea-aster, or the 

 quaint foliage of the sea-holly. 

 The marshy and boggy waste in 

 like manner has its special flora 

 the golden flowers of the asphodel, 

 the pale purple bells of the ivy- 

 leaved campanula, and the pale pink blossoms of the 

 delicate bog pimpernel form a trio not easily surpassed 





