PLANTS GATHERED IN NORTH NORFOLK IN 1S02. 
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these so called marshes are in fact, dry, firm, grazing land, affording 
excellent pasture, and an abundant supply of mushrooms in season ; 
while the numerous banks by which they are protected from the 
tides offer a variety of slope and aspect for many plants. Each of 
these marshes has some extent of fresh running pools which give 
harbour to many wild fowl. A pair of Sheldrake brought up 
a family on the Holme marsh this season. The landward side of 
the sand dunes, with its southern slope, deep rich moist subsoil 
and sandy surface, is a perfect garden for flowers, and almost every 
plant that finds a home there spreads and blooms in profusion from 
end to end. 
Perhaps the most varied and interesting portion of this district 
is the parish of Holme ; its fresh water marsh is more extensive; 
though the beauty and fertility of its pasture has lately been twice 
spoilt by incursions of the sea ; its sand dunes are larger and 
more diversified, and it has besides considerable tracts of salt 
marshes on the seaward side of its dunes, one of which marshes 
becomes in its season one large oval lake of violet bloom of the 
Statice Umonium , many acres in extent. 
It is remarkable that in this year, 1902, which has generally 
seemed so dull, cold, wet, and windy, and unpleasant, the growth, 
bloom and fruit of all wild plants have been unusually fine and 
plentiful ; while the cultivated crops of hay, corn, anil roots, have 
in this district been above the average both in quantity and quality ; 
indeed some of the barley has been amongst the best ever placed 
on the market. 
The following list is a selection only of some of the plants which 
have come under my observation during a year’s botanising ; unless 
otherwise stated, the nomenclature is that of the London 
Catalogue, 9th ed. 
For economy of space names of orders are generally omitted. 
Tualictrum flavum, Linn. Rare, on banks of ditches, Titchwell 
marsh. With regard to a variety, T. spJuerocarpum, 
Lej., in the ripe panicles gathered here, whilst 
most of the achenes were small and narrow, 
several were often large and spherical as if formed 
by absorption of several into one fruit, which was 
also 8 — 10 ribbed. 
Ranunculus trichofh y llus, Chaix. Thornham freshwater marsh. 
