Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . 7 all about the cliffs in great profusion the sea radishshowed its curious pods and yellow flowers, whileamong the bushes the prickly plants of the butchersbroom hid themselves away. The south coast ofGuernsey is by far the finest ; it consists of boldrocky bays and inlets, where the sea rushes in amongthe rocks, dashing up its white foam high into theair, even on the calmest day. All the furze bushesalong this coast are covered with a thick red web ofCitsaUa Epithymunt. On the ivy-
Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . 7 all about the cliffs in great profusion the sea radishshowed its curious pods and yellow flowers, whileamong the bushes the prickly plants of the butchersbroom hid themselves away. The south coast ofGuernsey is by far the finest ; it consists of boldrocky bays and inlets, where the sea rushes in amongthe rocks, dashing up its white foam high into theair, even on the calmest day. All the furze bushesalong this coast are covered with a thick red web ofCitsaUa Epithymunt. On the ivy-covered banks and than English, in fact, in winter you seldom see anEnglish coin. They have a copper coinage of theirown, but use French gold and silver. In Jersey,English gold and silver only are used. On the thirdmorning I took passage on the good ship Cygnusfor Jersey, and after a three hours passage landed atSt. Heliers. Walking along the sands of St. AubinsBay, I came across Allium sphccrocephaliim. Alliumvhieale, var. capsuUfcrina, Echium plantagineitmyOnothera odorata, Alyssutn maritiinum, and Bramus. Fig. 26.—Grass Poa [Laihyrus Xissolia). walls in the narrow shady lanes may be foundOrobanche Hedercc. The west coast was my last dayswork ; after crossing the island from St. Peter Port,came to Grand Cobo, where I found Cyperiis longus,Orobanche amethystea, Tamarix Auglica, Lavateraarborea, and, about Vazon Bay, Ceniaurea aspera,yimcus actiius, Schccmis jiigricaiis, Bromus mollis,\ glabrcscens, and Festiica tiniglufnis. Guernseyseems to have more of the French element in it thanJersey, for you see notices up in French all about theisland, and there is much more French money used Fig. 27.—Butchers Broom [Ruscus acukatus). rnaximiis ; Scnebiera didyma grew about St. Aubinsin great profusion, and very fine. I walked on to , and by the roadside found Asplcnium lanceo-latum and Sedum sexangulare, also Vcrbascum nigrumin a field. In a small valley running down
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