82 Drs Hoppe and Hornschuch's Tour to the Coast of 
Art. IX.— Journal of a Tour to the Coast of the Adriatic Sea , 
and to the Mountains of Carniola, Carinthia, Tyrol , Saltz- 
hurg , and Bohemia , undertaken chiefly with a view to the 
Botany and Entomology of those countries. By Dr David 
Henry PIoppe and Dr Henry Hornschuch. (Continued 
from vol. viii. page 3 26). 
44 Hundsherg , March 22. — jVXaMY of the plants which we 
have collected on our journey, require to be put into the press 
to dry. Amongst them are several mosses from Pirano. It is 
an excellent thing for botanists, that these plants can be kept 
for a long time in a fresh state ; and it may be generally re- 
marked, that if they do not lose their calyptra and lid, they do 
not suffer. In the afternoon we went into the city, that we 
might give our friends a proof of our safe return. 
44 Hundsherg , March 23. < — In order to repair the time that 
we had lost, we must, this day, make a botanical excursion. 
We have therefore fixed upon visiting Contobello, to seek for 
the Euphorbia Char acids , which we did not find in flower on 
the 1st of March. We had intended being there on the 15th ; 
at which period, according to our calculations, the plants would 
first be in blossom. The journey to Venice prevented our put- 
ting this plan in execution ; but we found that we were, even 
now, quite soon enough. Vegetation is, how r ever, somewhat ad- 
vanced, and the Karsch (coarse stony ground, so called) ap- 
pears disposed to exchange his grey winter garb for a green 
summer one. The almond, peach and cherry trees, and peren- 
nial plants are shooting forth their leaves; amongst the lat- 
ter we recognised Salvia officinalis and Teucrium Jlavum in 
leaf, where they been protected from the cold, by rocks, in 
the wood of Contobello. We descended through the vine- 
yard to the coast, to collect marine plants ; but this was at- 
tended with difficulty. The sea ran high, and we were obliged 
to take off the lower part of our dress ; by which means we got 
our feet bloody from the sharp stones of the shore. But no- 
thing can be accomplished without labour. We found a large 
heap of Cardium rusticum , which had probably been thrown 
from the net of a fisherman, as the animals were all dead. We 
