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piling a new work from such an original. The particulars to which 
we descend, after these considerations, appertain to the plants them- 
selves, which belong to particular creations, special and local, or which, 
possessing none, are vagabond, propagating from place to place, or 
separated by immense intervals or spaces. The Flora of Berwick- 
upon Tweed possesses an additional advantage in its remarkable si- 
tuation, including the Cheviot hills, Holy and Farn islands, and a 
varied coast. On the first our author found the lost Cornus Sueci- 
ca, Festuca vivipara, Rubus chamemorus, &c. Most of the Farn 
islands are almost entirely covered with crops of Glyceria maritima, 
G. procumbens, and Cochlearia officinalis, among whose bushy roots 
numerous gulls, terns, and ducks build their nests ; and on the Pin- 
nacle, one of the Farn islands, occurs the Cochlearia Danica ; the Sta- 
tice armeria, and the S. Limonium, are only found on St. Cuthberts’ 
and Holy island. The latter island, which, at low water, is on- 
ly separated from the main land by a reach of sand, is terminated 
to the south by abrupt greenstone rocks, and to the north by sand- 
stones and hills of sand ; there is scarcely a tree on the island, and 
the Rosa spinosissima is the only one of its genus. The castle rock 
and the promontory of greenstone, on which the ruins of Lindisfarne 
Abbey stand crumbling, present some distinct vagabond species, 
as the Sedum anglicum, Sagina maritima, Trifolium scabrum, and 
T. striatum. There is also on the island a small pond, which pre- 
sents a rich harvest both to the conchologist and the botanist. The 
latter may find there the Potamogeton pusillum, P. pectinatum, 
Alisma ranunculoides, &c. The vegetation of the downs, connected 
with such important physical changes, is of remarkable interest, on 
these shores ; it consists almost entirely of the Arundo arenaria, 
and occasional crops of the Phleum arenarium, dispersed among 
which are the Ononis arvensis, Echium vulgare, Festuca rubra, 
Glyceria rigida, &c. The Scirpus caricinus grows on the sand- 
stone rocks ; the Rhodiola rosea, Eriophorum pubescens, and Scil- 
la verna, are met with on the sea coast ; and the Veronica fili- 
formis, figured as the frontispiece of this little work, is said by 
our author to constitute a part of the Flora of Berwick-upon-Tweed. 
We understand that a specimen of this plant was sent to the Pli- 
nian Society of this city, that the species might be identified ; but, 
notwithstanding the wisdom accumulated within its walls, we never: 
heard of any decided opinion having been given on the characteris- 
tic distinctions of the plant. We cannot carry this analysis any 
further, though we have not pointed out one half of the interesting 
features which the vegetation of this district presents. Dr. John- 
sten’s work is meritoriously preceded by an outline of the geognos- 
tic structure of the tract of country included in the Flora, and 
which does too much justice to the author, the Rev. A. Baird, that 
his name should not be mentioned with it. Further, this work is 
not a dry detail of scientific names, but contains short remarks on 
the uses or history of occasional species, and is interspersed with 
tasteful literary decorations ; the chapters being generally intro- 
