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FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE. 
And he, to Nature’s dictates true, 
Admires the bright embroider’d sod, 
And all his soul in raptured joy, 
Breathes praises to his God ! 
Ord. XIV.— CARY OPHYLLEJE, Juss. 
Gen. Br. 14. F. 10. Sp. and v. Br. 83. F. 4T. 
Dianthus, L. Pink. 
Br. sp. and v. 7. F. 3. 
D, Armeria , L. Deptford Pink. H. 42, B. 40. — F. 
July, August. A. 
In fields near the estate of Charles Grey, Esq. of Carse ; 
the only place I have seen it in Scotland, Mr G. Don. Ro- 
man Camp, near Forfar, 1840, Dr \V. Reid. 
D. deltoides, L. Maiden Pink. II. 43, B. 41. — F. 
June, August. P. 
On rocky banks along the coast from Arbroath to Montrose, 
not unfrequent. At the east end of Hare Craigs a tuft or two 
was observed for several successive years, but has now disap- 
peared. 
On the north bank of the Loch of Forfar, as also on dry 
ground near the north-west corner of the Loch, Mr G. Don. 
It grows plentifully upon the summit of the Bed Head, 
and while gathering it there, and considering the graceful- 
ness and delicacy of its form, in connection with the name 
that lias been so appropriately bestowed upon it, could not 
resist making comparisons, and even attempting to express 
these in verse, as a humble tribute to the pretty flower, and 
as affording us a useful moral. 
THE MAIDEN PINK. Dianthus deltoides. 
Upon the Bed-Head’s dizzy brink 
The Maiden Pink doth take her stand, 
Like some fair nymph, whose ardent eye 
Looks forth upon the ocean bland. 
’Tis summer, and the gentle waves 
Flow smoothly on towards the shore; 
And that fond maiden looks, and hopes, 
And sighs, for him she doth adore. 
