Castle some ages back, and in all probability this Ring along with them. It appears to be a composition of brass and copper, and has upon it a Seal with the impression of a Goose, looking back as if alarmed, and having the tip of its wings elevated and feet extended as in the act of running away. The Ring is very large, and has probably been worn on the thumb by the Warder of the Castle as a badge of office. The impression, an emblem of watchfulness, alludes no doubt to the History of Rome. After that city had been taken by the Gauls, MANUS retired into the CAPITOL with a body of his countrymen, and being suddenly attacked in the night by the enemy, these birds with their cackling awakened him in time to arm himself and drive back the enemy. Upon the rim are engraven three Roses, one with five petals in the centre, and one on each side of the Seal with three long calyx leaves. The ring is in good. preservation, and in the worthy Clergyman of this Garden belongs.

possession of a very place, to whom the

SINCE the description of the Castle was printed, an excavation has been made in the CastleYard near the East Tower, in order to find out

the entrance into it from the Court: though the hole is about six yards deep, there is no ap. pearance of any entrance that way; the plan was then altered, and a trial made in the inside of the Tower, when a subterraneous passage was discovered, which leads into some concealed vaults under the apartments near the Hall of Scolland; the passage is so filled up with rubbish, that it will take some time to clear it away, which is now going on.

AN ACCOUNT

OF

THE RARER

PLANTS AND SHRUBS,

IN THE

NEIGHBOURHOOD of RICHMOND,

To O describe all the PLANTS that grow in this Neighbourhood, and which are to be found in most parts of it, would be an useless and almost an endless work, yet a List of the rarer ones, with the places where they are to be met with, may neither be unacceptable nor uninteresting particularly to the Botanical reader :

Adoxa Moschatellina, Moschatel, on the foot-road going to Aske-Hall.

Asperula odorata, sweet-scented Woodroof, in Billy. Bank Wood.

Asplenium Ruta-Muraria, Wall Rue, on the old Walls near the Church.

Asplenium Adiantum Nigrum, Black Maiden Hair, in

Billy-Bank.

Anthyllis Vulneraria, Kidney Vetch.

Aphanes Arvensis, Parsley Piert, by the foot-path going to Aske.

Campanula Latifolia, broad leaved Bell Flower, in the Abbey Wood.

Chenopodium Bonus-Henricus, English Mercury, or Wild Spinage,

Chironia Centaurium, Lesser Centory, Bank-House

Ing.

Circea Lutetiana, Enchanter's Nightshade, Billy Bank Wood.

Chrysosplenium Oppositifolium, Golden Saxifrage, near the Paper-Mill.

Clinopodium Vulgaris, Wild Basil, Clink Bank.

Cistus Helianthemum, Dwarf Cestus, near Whitcliffe Factory.

Colchicum Autumnale, Meadow Saffron, in the West Field.

Conium Maculatum, Hemlock, in Garstell Banks. Cynoglossum officinalis, Hound's Tongue, in the Lanes about Richmond.

Dacus carota, Wild Carrot, near Whitcliffe Factory. Daphne Laureola, Spurge Laurel, Clink Bank. Digitalis Purpurea, Purple Fox Glove. on the RaceGround.

Dipsacus Pilosus, Shepherd's Staff or small Teasel, Abbey Wood.

Epilobium Hirsutum, great Hairy Willow Herb, Clink Bank.

Erysimum Barbarea, Yellow Rocket or Winter Cress, near the Castle and Church Milis.

Eupatorium cannabinum, Hemp Agrimony, near Clink Bank Spring.

Echium Vulgare, Viper's Bugloss, on the Castle Walls

Genista Anglica, Needle Furze, on the High-Moor. Gentiana Amarelia, Autumnal Gentian, on the RaceGround.

Geum Rivale, Water Avens or Bennet, Abbey Wood. Geum Urbanum, Common Avens, in most of the Woods.

Inula dysenterica, Middle Elecampane, on the Batts. Lapsana communis, Common Nipplewort, Clink-Bank Spring.

Lathræa Squamaria, Great Toothwort, Round How, on the East side.

Malva Moschata, Musk Mallow, Lanes near the Town. Melampyrum Pratense, Meadow Cow Wheat, Abbey Wood.

Nepeta Cataria, Nep or Cat Mint, Lane to Brompton.

Ononis Spinosa, Thorny Rest-harrow.

Ophioglossum Vulgatum, Adder's Tongue, Round How, East side.

Ophrys Ovata, Tway Blade, Billy Bank.

Osmunda Lunaria, Moonwort, Round How, East side, Orchis Bifolia, Butterfly Orchis, near the Round How.

Parietaria officinalis, Pellitory of the Wall, Castle Walls.

Paris Quadrifolia, Herb Paris, Abbey Wood.