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FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE. 
It were to be wished that the Lowlanders were as wise ; for 
then those evil spirits of carbonic acid gas, miasmatic and sul- 
phuric vapours, &c., might, to some extent, be exorcised by 
the genial and life-giving spirit of oxygen, if vegetation was 
more prevalent in populous towns, and the health and com- 
fort of their denizens would be thereby promoted. It is 
strange, indeed, that our ancestors, with all their supersti- 
tions, should have been so far in advance of the promoters of 
improvement of the present day, in using precautionary mea- 
sures for the preservation of health ; but such was the case, 
from whatever motive it may have sprung. 
P. Aria, Sm. White Beam-tree. H. 110, B. 102. — F. 
May, June. T. [Crataegus, L.) 
Strathmartin Woods, and other places, but likely planted. 
Ord. XXVII.— ONAGRARI^E. 
Gen. Br. 4. F. 2. Sp. and v. Br. 17. F. 12. 
Epilobium, L. Willow-herb. 
Br. sp. and v. 14. F. 10. 
E. angusti folium, L. Bose-bay Willow-herb, or Jacob’s 
Ladder. H. Ill, B. 104. — F. July, August. P. 
Among the mossy rocks at the foot of Craig Maid, Glen 
Dole. Banks of a stream leading from Craig Owl into Glen 
Ogilvy. 
Banks of the North Esk about Gannachy Bridge, Mr A. 
Bousie. 
At the junction of the Melgum with the Isla, abundant on 
the right bank of the Isla at Ruthven, and in other places on 
the banks of the Isla, Rev. J. S. Barty. Parish of Kingol- 
drum, Rev. J. 0. Haldane. 
E. hirsutum, L. Great Hairy Willow-herb. H. Ill, 
B. 105. — F. July, Sept. P. 
In various places, though not common. Ninewells. Den 
of Linlathen. Banks of Bullion Burn, Feithy Water, and a 
stream below Balluderon, on the old Glammis road. 
At Usan and Boddin, Mr G. M i Farlane. Below the 
