Another way to the moss, available for residents at Bowdon, is through Oldfield, and by Seaman's Moss Bridge, where we cross the Warrington railway, to Sinderland, looking out when thus far for a lane upon the right, bordered first by birch-trees and afterwards by oaks. All these lanes, like those on the Ashton side of the moss, are remarkably rich in wild-flowers and ferns, the latter including the royal fern, or Osmunda, and in early summer show great plenty of the white lychnis, called, from not opening its petals till evening, the _vespertina_. The pink-flowered lychnis, the "brid-e'en" or "bird's eye" of the country people, is, like the telegraph office, "open always." Here we may perceive the use of Latin or botanical names; for "bird's eye" is applied to many different plants in different parts of England, so that a botanist at a distance who might chance to read these lines could not possibly tell what flower was meant, whereas, in "Lychnis vespertina" there is certainty for all. Whoever is fond of blackberries and wild raspberries would do well to make acquaintance with these pretty lanes; whoever, too, is fond of solitude--a state not fit for all, nor for any man too prolongedly, but a true friend to those who can use it. If we would thoroughly enjoy life, we should never overlook the value of occasional solitude. It is one of the four things which we should get a little of, if possible, every day of our lives, namely, reading, good music, sport with little children, and utter seclusion from the busy world.