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THE NATURALIST. 



Cetcrach officinarum, Willd., as a mass of rocks, quite in the valley, below 

 Common Wood, does for tlie Lanceolate Spleenwort, Asplenium lanceolatum^ 

 Huds., which, occurs also near Shaugh Bridge. Sweet Briar, Rosa ruhiginosa, 

 a species very uncommon in a wild state near Plymouth, seems indigenous 

 between Coldwell and Common Wood, whilst bushy spots on the hill-sides 

 produce Mosa tomentosa, Woods., Rosa collina, Jacq., and numerous Ruhi. 

 Common Wood is the only known station in the county for the curious and 

 interesting Stone Bramble, RuJms saxatiUs, L. In some of the natural woods 

 of the valley the Sessile-fruited Oak grows intermixed with the typical form : 

 in many places fine bushes of the Berry-bearing Alder, Rhamniis Fraiigula^ 

 L., and Gueldres Eosa, Viburnum Opulus, L., occur ; whilst the Mountain 

 Ash, Pyrus aucujparia, Gaert, occasionally attains the dimensions of a small 

 tree, and here and there in Fancy and Common Woods may be seen its rare 

 relative the Wild Service, Pyrus tomiinalis^ Sm. In poor stony arable land 

 at the latter place Barharea intermedia., has appeared for two consecutive 

 seasons, and threatens to establish itself as a weed. 



It is not for the botanist alone that the lovely valley of the Plym has 

 attractions, for every admirer of the picturesque must be charmed with its 

 beautiful scenery, whilst the ornithologist may here study the habits of many 

 species of birds, among others those of the Dipper, Cindus aquaticus, and 

 Grey Wagtail, Motacilla boarula, which breed by this river, and are both 

 permanent residents in Devon. Cann Quarry is a chosen resort of the latter 

 species, which sometimes selects a hole in one or other of the bridges that 

 span the river, as a site for its nest. As, however these notes were to be 

 botanical, not ornithological I will say no more about the charming Grey 

 Wagtail, and conclude my little paper. 



10, Tomngton Place, Plymouth, 17th September, 1866. 



VISIT TO THE JARDIN OF THE MONTANVERT, 



MOOT BLA¥C. 



By Dr. F. Buchanan White. 



Prof. C- Martins in a former number of the Naturalist has given a 

 very interesting account of the ^' Jardin " of Mont Blanc, and of the plants 

 growing there ; so, stirred up by his and other descriptions of that curious 



