FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE, 
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Half-hid amid the azure bloom 
Of Hyacinths thou’rt seen ; 
With pendant bells of snowy hue, 
And leaves of brightest green. 
Oh ! lovely gem, what lessons thou 
Canst to the mind convey, 
Of purity, and love, and joy, 
Both here and far away ! 
If human hearts, in this cold world, 
Were but as pure as thee, 
And open as thy balmy breast, 
How blissful would it be ! 
But vain, perhaps, are our desires 
That these should flourish here ! 
So pure, so bright, they seem designed 
To fill a higher sphere ! 
Yet thou, sweet floweret, hast a voice, 
Though “ still and small,” at morn and even, 
Doth bid us inwardly rejoice, 
And look with fervent hope to heaven. 
C. verticillata, L. Narrow-leaved Solomon’s Seal. H. 
345, B. 301.— F. June. P. 
Den of Airlie, on the right bank of the Isla, immediately 
opposite a purple beech in the Low Garden, on the other side 
of the stream. Rev. J. 0. Haldane, and Rev. J. S. Barty. 
C. multiflora, L. Common Solomon’s Seal. PI. 345, B. 
301. — F. May, Aug. P. 
Doubtfully native, but naturalized in the following sta- 
tions: — On clay, in the moist shady woods of Langley Park, 
near Montrose, Mr A. Croall. Den of Duntrune, not plen- 
tiful, Mr G. Laic son. 
Paris, L. Herb Paris. 
Br. sp. 1. F. 1. 
P. quadrifolia, L. Common Herb Paris. H. 346, B. 
301. — F. May, June. P. 
Abundant on a projecting ridge on the left bank of the 
Isla a little above its confluence with the Melgum, Rev. J. 8. 
Barty , and Rev. J. 0. Haldane. It occurs rather plentifully 
in the neighbouring counties of Kincardine and Perth ; but 
this is the only Forfarshire station we are yet able to record. 
