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FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE. 
coast, and at Will’s Braes, as well as inland, about the Reeky- 
Linn, &c. 
Erysimum, L. Treacle Mustard. 
Br.sp.4 =. F. 1. 
E. Alliaria, L. Garlic Treacle Mustard, Jack-by-the- 
Hedge, or Sauce-alone. H. 29, B. 23. — F. May, June. B. 
{Alliaria officinalis, DC. Sisymbrium Alliaria , Koch.) 
On the wayside between Montrose and Brechin. 
Wayside east from the gate of Dun, and woods at Kin- 
naird, abundant, Mr J. CruicJcshank . 
Cheiranthus, L. Wall-flower. 
Br. sp. 1* F. 1. 
C. Cheiri, L. Common Wall-flower. H. 29, B. 18. — F. 
April, August. S. (C . fruticulosus, L.) 
Adorns the ruins of the Abbey of Arbroath, and one near 
the Baikie ; also on rocks by the sea- shore, Mr G. Don. On 
t he venerable and magnificent ruin first mentioned, I picked 
it both in flower and fruit in August 1839. On the grey 
walls of Airlie Castle, where it finds a secure abode in their 
crevices, and, in recompense for the shelter they afford it, 
sheds around them its beauty and perfume, Rev. J. S. Barty. 
Upper North Water Bridge, near Inglismaldie, Mr A. 
Croall. 
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The Wall-flower’s associations are beautifully expressed in 
the following anonymous sonnet : — 
THE WALL-FLOWER. 
“ Cheerful ’midst desolation’s sadness — thou — 
Fair flower, art wont to grace the mouldering pile, 
And brightly bloom o’er ruin, like a smile 
Reposing calm on Age’s furrowed brow. — 
Sweet monitor ! an emblem sure I see 
Of virtue, and of virtue’s power, in thee. 
For though thou cheerest the dull ruin’s gloom, 
Still when thou’rt found upon the gay parterre, 
There thou art meetest — fairest of the fair ; — 
So virtue, while it robs of dread the tomb, 
Shines in the crown that youth and beauty wear, 
Being best of all the gems that glitter there.” 
