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In gardens and waste ground frequent. 
U. dioica , L. Great Nettle. H. 296, B. 267- — F. July, 
Sept. P. 
Plentiful by hedge-sides and in waste places, particularly 
near the habitations of man. It is sometimes used in place of 
rennet to curdle milk, and the young tops are frequently 
gathered by the peasantry to make a favourite and delicious 
dish named, “ Nettle-brose.” 
Parietaria, L. Wall-Pellitory. 
Br. sp. and v. 2. F. 1 ? 
P. officinalis, L. Common-Pellitory-of-the wall. H. 296, 
B. 267.— F. May, Oct, P. 
Plentiful among the rocks on the sea-shore to the eastward 
of Auchmithie, and on the ruins of the Abbey of Arbroath. 
Old Castle of Edzell, Mr A. Croall. 
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Ulmus, L. Elm. 
Br. sp. and v. 10. F. 2. 
U. campestris, L. Common small-leaved Elm. H. 297, 
B. 268. — F. Apr. May. T. 
Cultivated in many places. 
U. montana, Bauh. Broad-leaved or Wych Elm. H. 
299, B. 269.— F. March, Apr. T. 
Not unfrequent ; distinguished by its smooth bark and 
large rough leaves. The variety called weeping Elm has 
been planted in the Dundee cemeteries to overshadow graves. 
Betula, L. Birch. 
Br. sp. and v. 5 ? F. 2 ? 
B. alba, L. Common Birch. IT. 300, B. 282. — F. Apr. 
May. T. 
The graceful and fragrant Birch, is extensively cultivated, 
but on the mountains and in the mountain-valleys is cer- 
tainly indigenous. On the sides of the rocky mountain Craig 
Maid, in Glen Dole, Clova, there are the remains of a na- 
tural birch forest, and on the banks of the Dole, a little above 
its junction with the White Water, a form occurs which ap- 
pears to be the B. glutinosa , /3. pubescens of Babington s 
