XX, in the LXII year of his age, and is buried in the chancel of this church. "Many will say of him, but none more sincerely than his sorrowing friend, the Duke of Rutland, Multis ille bonis flebilis occidit ; The Rev. Charles Roos Thoroton is the present rector of Bottesford; and domestic chaplain to the Duke of Rutland; to whose courtesy the author is indebted for information, on the designs and progress of the erection of the Castle and Mausoleum. The limits of the present work preclude a more extended notice of Bottesford, than is now given. If the reader wish for further information on the subject, a full account of the benefactions, extent, population, &c., will be found in the second volume of the History of Leicestershire. THE FLORA OF THE VALE OF BELVOIR. AMENTACEӔ. Not very common. Alnus glutinosa, common alder; cl. 21, ord. 3. March. Fagus castanea, sweet chesnut; cl. 21, ord. 6. In Croxton Carpinus betulus, common hornbeam; cl. 21, ord. 6. In hedges; but handsomer when standing by itself, and allowed to take its natural form. May. Salix pentandra, sweet bay-leaved willow; cl. 22, ord. 1. At Eastwell, along the brook, but probably planted there. June, July. APOCINEÆ. Vinca minor, lesser periwinkle; cl. 5, ord. 1. May. At Easton. major, greater periwinkle; cl. 5, ord. 1. At Woolsthorpe, on several walls in the street. May. AROIDEÆ. Not a Acorus calamus, common sweet flag; cl. 6, ord. 1. native of the Vale, but planted in the Devon, at Muston; where, as it increases, it will be esteemed indigenous. June. ASPARAGI. Tamus communis, common black bryony; cl. 22, ord. 5. In tall hedges, shady thickets, groves, and woods; common. June. BORAGINE. Lithospermum officinale, common groundsell; cl. 5, ord. 1. At Muston, in the road from the church towards Grantham. May. Symphytum officinale, common comfrey; cl. 5, ord. 4. Muston, by the Devon. The roots are glutinous and mucilaginous ; and a decoction of them is used by dyers to extract the colouring matter of gum lac. May, June. CACTI. Ribes rubrum, common currant; cl. 5, ord. 1. Among the plantations about Belvoir: the fruit about half the common size, pleasant, but very acid. May. CAMPANULACEÆ. Campanula glomerata, clustered bell-flower; cl. 5, ord. 1. About Stathern hill-side; more plentiful at Harston and Woolsthorpe. July, August. hybrida, corn bell-flower; cl. 5, ord. 1. Sparingly at Woolsthorpe. August. CAPRIFOLIA. Viburnum cantanea, mealy guelder rose; cl. 5, ord. 3. Stathern. May. opulus, common guelder rose; cl. 5, ord. 3. Barkston wood. June. Sambucus ebulus, dwarf elder; cl. 5, ord. 3. Belvoir Castle stables. July. Viscum Album, white misseltoe; cl. 22, ord. 3. trees, but not very common. May. CARYOPHYLLEÆ. Linum usitatissimum, common flax; cl. 5, ord. 5. corn, at Muston, Woolsthorpe, Eastwell, &c. July. On apple Among catharticum, purging flax ; cl. 5, ord. 5. In meadows &c. This plant is bitter, and powerfully, but as it seems, not dangerously, cathartic. June-August. Saponaria officinalis, common soap wort: cl. 10, ord. 2. In The whole plant is bitter. the hedges of Harby, about the town. Bruised and agitated with water, it raises a lather like soap, which washes greasy spots out of clothes. A decoction from the leaves and roots is a powerful medicine used either internally or externally. July-Sept. Silene nutans, Nottingham catch-fly; cl. 10, ord. 3. In and about Nottingham, especially about the castle, this plant is found in great abundance. It is now at Stathern from seed scattered there. June, July. Stellaria graminea, lesser stitchwort; cl. 10, ord. 3. varieties in the hedges or pastures. May. Three Arenaria trinervis, plantain-leaved chickweed; cl. 10, ord. 3. On the hills among the plantations around Belvoir Castle. June. May, A. rubra, and a variety; purple sandwort; cl. 10, ord. 3. In ploughed fields. July, August. Cerastium semidecandrum, little mouse-ear chickweed; cl. 10, ord. 4. In old walls and dry places about Stathern. March, April. C. arvense, field chickweed; cl. 10, ord. 4. At Woolsthorpe, May-August. C. aquaticum, water mouse-ear chickweed; cl. 10, ord. 4. By the Devon, and in hedges about Muston. July. Spergula arvensis et pentandra, corn spurrey; cl. 10, ord. 4. Both in the lighter grounds in the Vale. Sir James Smith had not seen a native specimen of the latter, which he considers but a slight variety of the former, the difference being chiefly in the seeds. June, July. Moenchia erecta, upright moenchia; cl. 5, ord. 3. Upon the declivity of Belvoir hill, about the warren. An elegant little plant misplaced in Sagina. May. CICHORACEÆ. Tragopogon pratensis, yellow goat's-beard; cl. 19, ord. 1. In pastures. June. Lactuca virosa, strong-scented lettuce; cl. 19, ord. 1. Barkston wood. August, Sept. Picris echioides, bristly ox-tongue; cl. 19, ord. 1. Bottesford, Muston. June, July. CINEROCEPHALÆ. Serratula tinctoria, common saw-wort; cl. 19, ord. 1. Stathern and Harby pastures. This plant gives a yellow colour to |