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stream falls over a sloping ledge of rocks, forming a small but 
very picturesque cascade, and in which the Hypnum ruscifo- 
lium grows profusely, and produces abundance of capsules, 
even amid the continual turmoil of the foamy waters. In 
this little dell, under the shade of its trees, the Geranium 
phosum and Doronicum Pardalianches flourish beautifully ; 
but though appearing perfectly at home, there is a suspicion 
that they may have been introduced by some of the early 
inhabitants of the Castle, as such plants grow only in the 
vicinity of these old buildings. The Dighty flows at the foot 
of the Den, and on its opposite bank a busy 'meal-mill adds 
to the picturesqueness of the scene. 
In a soft spring morning, when the dew is on the prim- 
roses and violets, and the small birds all in song ; or in a 
warm summer evening, when the golden sunset pours its 
scattered glories through the green foliage of the embower- 
ing trees, it is pleasant to loiter in this delightful spot, 
reclining on its flowery banks, or wandering by its lucid 
stream, and, eschewing the cares of the world for a time, give 
the rein to sweet meditation. Childhood seems to have come 
from the past, lured back by the flowers and the birds ; but 
the birds and the flowers of the present awake loftier thoughts 
and deeper feelings, while the crumbling ruins, and the repo- 
sitory of the dead, speak of the future in a language not to 
be misunderstood, that all things on earth are mutable. 
G. sylvaticum , L. Wood Crane’s-bill. H. 66, B. 60. — 
F. June, July. P. 
Banks of the Isla and South Esk, frequently. Very 
plentiful in Glen Clova, about the banks of the Esk and 
the streams falling into it. 
Banks of the North and South Esk, from [near ?] their 
sources to the sea, Mr A. Croall. With white flowers, Mr 
G. Don. 
G. pratense, L. Blue Meadow Crane’s-bill. H. 67, B. 
B. 60. — F. June, July. P. 
Frequent on the Sidlaw Hills, in the Dens of Airlie, 
Glammis, &c. In the latter place, with pale pink flowers. 
Den of Fullerton, Mr J. Cruickshank. 
