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cliiiisia petrsea] in great abundance on a wall on the Left 
hand side of the Eoad in Westbury town [Westbury on 
Trym]. In the evening walk to St. Vincent's Rock, find 
Peucedanum minus [Trinia vulgaris] in full bloom plenti- 
full : just above the Rock house, Geranium hsematodes 
in company with it. Nearer the River side Lepidium 
petrseum among the Rubbish. "Went to the Rooms : 
found only one Lottery table, which broke up by nine 
O'clock. 
27.— Search St. Vincent's Rocks again with M''^^ }^aye. 
Found in a shrubby Bank near the New Well house 
Ophrys myodes, Hypnum [blank space] : in a wood 
almost as far as Jackson's Tower, Rubia Anglica plenti- 
fully. Searchd the meadows under the Tower in hopes 
of finding Asparagus officinalis, but without success : fancy 
it is hardly yet sprung up. Found, however, great plenty of 
Trifolium maritinum, also Lepidium ruderale and Cochlearia 
Anglica. 
The views of the River winding between steep Rocks 
sometimes wooded and sometimes bare are most beauti- 
full : they would have well repaid our walk had we had 
less success in our Botanical amusements. One beauty of 
the woods here I cannot omit taking some notice of, which 
is the infinite variety of shades of which they are composd,^ 
formd by the great variety of trees of distinct sorts and con- 
sequently colours, — particularly Cratsegus Aria grows here 
in great abundance and makes a spot of white visible at a 
great distance. 
29. — This morn set out with M'" Kaye for W^ells : arrive 
after a tedious drive. Go to see the Bishops Palace, nothing- 
there worth seeing, except a Plant of Agave Americana, 
which has stood in the open ground some years. It looks 
tolerably well, tho' not remarkably healthy. The Cathedral 
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