FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE. 
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Hedera L. Ivy. 
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Br. sp. 1. F. 1. 
H. Helix , L. Common Ivy. H. 154, B. 138. — F. Oct. 
Nov. S. 
In many places, investing rocks, old walls, and trees, with 
its beautiful garniture of shining leaves. Berries ripen in the 
spring. Most abundant along the coast, in dens and shady 
woods, and extending to a considerable elevation on the 
mountain rocks. 
ORD. XL —CORNER. D.C. 
Gen. Br. 1. F. 1. Sp. Br. 2. F. 1. 
Cornus, L. Cornel. 
Br. sp. 2. F. 1. 
C. suecica , L. Dwarf Cornel. H. 154, B. 139. — F. 
June, August. P. 
In boggy and heathy hollows among the Clova mountains, 
frequent; as near the shieling of Lunkar, head of Glen 
Dole, bog at the head of Caness, &c. Lochlee, Mr D. 
Lyall. 
To some of my southern readers, who have never been 
among the Highland mountains, but whose zeal for botaniz- 
ing may tempt them to contemplate such an excursion, a 
brief account of what a shieling is may not be uninteresting ; 
the more especially as such a habitation will require occasion- 
ally to be substituted for a comfortable inn. Botanizing 
among the mountains, like many other things viewed at a 
distance, seems all a matter of delight ; it is not unnecessary, 
however, to remind the young botanist, that he must make up 
his mind to sacrifice some comforts, to undergo much fatigue, 
and brave many dangers, in order to secure those bright 
prizes with which Flora will not fail to reward his exer- 
tions. 
A shieling , or shiel, is a small rude hut or cottage, con- 
structed for the accommodation of shepherds during the sum- 
mer months they reside among the mountains. It is built of 
turf or rough stones, and generally thatched with broom or 
straw. It has a door, and a small square opening closed by 
