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Title: Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt), b. 1825 Taylor, J. E. (John Ellor), 1837-1895
Subjects: Science Natural history
Publisher: London : Robert Hardwicke
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
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a sinuata and Armeria plantaginea ingreat quantity. That night I stayed at a very conrj- 38 HARD WICKE S SCIENCE- G OS SIP. fortable hotel at St. Brelades Bay, which I beg torecommend to any one who thinks of botanising inthis part of the island, as a very good place for head-quarters. Next morning I setoff again for St. OuensBay, and on the way made a good find in Hdianthc-nmm gttttatuni; on a bank I found a single specimenof Orobanche cizncka, while in a sandy lane Antir-rhinum Oroniinm was discovered. On reaching thebay I began to use my eyes to look for the good Epipcutis paltistris, and, I believe, though I couldnot find any. Orchis laxijlora. Another day took meby the Jersey Eastern Railway to Gorey, near whichis the fine old castle of Mont Orgueil; it is in a prettygood state of preservation, many of the rooms beingstill habitable. Among the crevices of the stonesgrows Erodium tnaritiiiium, and the walls are coveredwith parietaria. Near Mont Orgueil is Ann Port, a small fishing
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Fig. 28.—Garlic (Allium vincale). Fig. 29.—Squills (Scilla aututnnalts). things which I knew were to be had there, and wassoon rewarded by dropping on Orobanche atnctkystea,Silene conica, Kalcria crislata var. )3. gracilis, Crambeinariniiia, Diotis viariiima, Sinapis iitcana, Kapliatmsmaritiimis, and Jimctis acutus. On this bay, a littledistance from the sea, is a large pond surrounded bymarshy ground ; this, too, is a good hunting groundfor the botanist. Here may be found Scirpus pungens,Cladiiim Marisctis, Cyperus longus, Hypericum elodes. hamlet; on a heathy hill above it I was lucky enoughto make a rare find, viz. Hypericum linariifolium, withit grew Scilla ajiliimnalis. This being my last day inthe Channel Islands, I crossed back that evening toEngland, well satisfied with my botanical ramble in those delightful little islands. A, E. L. Liverpool. HARDWICKES SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 39 SCIENCE-GOSSIP. At the last meeting of the Cryptogamic Society ofScotland, Mr. J. King gave an accou

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