"The Foxglove leaves, with caution given, The rabid pulse it can abate, The hectic flush can moderate, And, blest by Him whose will is fate, On the damp slopes of the Welsh hills, here and there in sheltered places, but much more abundantly on those of Westmoreland and Cumberland, we may meet with the Welsh Poppy (Meconopsis Cambrica) and the noble Globe-flower (Trollius Europaa). Nowhere have we seen these remarkable plants growing in such profusion as on the Lancashire side of Lake Windermere. The latter is a well-known garden plant, where it exhibits the usual tendency to become double, through the stamens being converted into petals. It is in reality a sub-alpine flower, and in Scotland, where it is known as the "Lucky Gowan," grows as high up as 3,300 feet. Nobody will mistake the Welsh Poppy for the class to which it belongs, for in its large, flabby, yellow petals it strongly resembles the well-known yellow Horned Poppy of our sea-sides. In Scotland, however, this plant is said to be naturalized. If the hill-sides be formed of limestone, we shall fail to find the Foxglove, for it has a singular dislike to calcareous soil. On the other hand, we shall come across plants we did not see elsewhere, such as the Yellow Corydalis (Corydalis lutea), whose pale-green leaves so much resemble in size and appearance the Maiden-hair Fern that the young botanist may imagine he has stumbled across a remarkable "find.” It loves the damp, stony places of the limestone hillsides, and in the Peak of Derbyshire, as well as in North Lancashire and West Yorkshire, where the car THE GLOBE-FLOWER (Trollius Europaa). boniferous limestone occurs, we have seen it covering the rock-surfaces for yards together. On the drier parts of these limestone rocks, also, we should look out for two or three species of the lovely Cistus, or Rock-rose (Helianthemum), and it will perhaps be HOARY ROCK-ROSE (Helianthemum canum). gare and H. canum are most likely to be the species found. The flowers of the former are of a canary yellow, the petals lax, and the entire blossom about an inch in diameter. H. canum is rather rare in its occurrence; but even more than the former, it will be found at considerably high elevations. The flowers are much smaller than those of the common species. We have both species abundant on the limestone hills of Derbyshire ; where also grows, at places in considerable abun dance, a somewhat rare cruciferous plant called Hutchinsia petræa. It is also found under similar situations in North Wales and West Yorkshire, up to the height of 1,500 feet. Its botanical name was COMMON ROCK-ROSE (Helianthemum vulgare). given to it in honour of Mr. Hutchins, a well known Irish botanist. It is on the dry hill-sides also that we shall find the Red Centaury, or "Sanctuary" as the Lancashire and Yorkshire herbalists term it. It is a great favourite with the latter class for its many supposed virtues, some of which are doubtless real, for its THE ROCK HUTCHINSIA (Hutchinsia petræa). bitterness makes it a good tonic. But its exceedingly pretty appearance cannot fail to attract the attention of those who are interested in the wild flowers of our hills and moorlands. Its flowers are of an attractive rose-colour, with yellow throats. The flowers always close in damp weather, when the plant might be |