176 
FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE. 
ing influences, the deepest recesses of the heart, denying to 
human language the power to give them full expression : — 
/ 
“ Trees, and flowers, and streams, 
Are social and benevolent ; and be 
Who oft communeth in their language pure, 
Roaming among them in the cool of day, 
Shall find, like him who Eden’s garden dress’d, 
His Maker there, to teach his listening heart.” 
Between the Clocksbriggs station and Forfar stands the 
ruins of Bestenet Priory, and the moss, which was formerly 
one of this chain of lakes, now drained for its marl, presents 
the Ghara hispida , Polytriclium gracile , and other plants of 
interest. The lake of Forfar, to the west of the town, is 
more extensive than the others, but its botanical productions 
are similar. The active researches of Don and Drummond 
have rendered the banks of these lakes attractive, and no 
lover of Flora visiting this part of the county neglect them, 
P. pusillus, L. Small Pond-w r eed. IT. 339, B. 325. — 
F. June, July. P. 
Lakes of Bescobie, Balgavies, and Forfar, frequent. 
Pond at Hedderwick Lime-works, and near the new kirk 
of Logie, Mr A. Croall. Pools close to Guthrie, Prof. Bal- 
four. Near Montrose, Mr White. Ditch, wayside above 
Craigo, Mr A. Kerr. 
major (P. compressus, L.), Lochs of Forfar and Besco- 
bie, Mr G. Don. 
P. gramineus , L. Grassy Pond-weed. H. 339, B. 325. 
— F. June, July. P. (P. ohtusifolius, Mert. and Koch.) 
Lakes of Bescobie and Balgavies, Mr G. Don , Mr A. Kerr. 
P. zoster as folius , Schum. H. 340, B. 324. — F. June, 
July. P. (P. cuspidatus , Schrad., Sm. P. compressus , 
Fries, Koch.) 
Lakes of Bescobie, Balgavies, and F orfar, frequent. 
P. crispus, L. Curled Pond-weed. H. 340, B. 324. — 
F. June, July. P. 
Forfar, Bescobie, and Balgavies Lakes, common. 
Pools above the Bridge of Dun, and in the South Esk, be- 
low Kinnaird, Mr A. Croall. Near Montrose, Mr D. 
White . 
