Several plants have been already mentioned as flowering early in the year, as hyacinth[137], daffodil[138], tulip[139], and violet[140]; but the _Spanish_ nut is what may be called the harbinger of the spring, and esteemed so by the natives, who are fond of its roots, which are sold at this season in the publick streets in great quantities; and from this time the botanizing season commences. Towards the middle of _February_ the banks of the river are covered with a small cranesbill[141]; and about the same place is found the daizy[142], mentioned by _Rawolf_. To these are quickly joined a profusion of plants, but chiefly in the gardens and low grounds, meadow saffron[143]; flower-de-luce several species[144], bulbous flower-de-luce[145], snow drop[146], ox eye[147], marigold[148], archangel[149], fumitory[150], shepherds purse[151], dandelion[152], hypecoon[153], grape hyacinth[154], saffron[155], great variety of crowfoot[156], particularly one species (_ranuncul. vern. rotundifol. minor_), that generally covers all the marshy parts of the gardens. [Illustration: _Pla 1: facing page 33._ _Onobrychis orientalis Galegæ folijs erectior floribus lineis purpureis utrinque reticulato T. Cor. 26._ _Thlaspi Orientale saxatile flore rubente folijs Polygalæ petalis florum æqualibus T. Cor. 15._ _G. D. Ehret delin:_ _J. S. Miller Sc:_] As the spring advances, the following come on with surprising rapidity. Madder[157], cleavers[158], periwinkle[159], plantain[160], androsace[161], burnet[162], speedwell of many species[163], wake robin[164] several species, dragons[165], several kinds of toad flax[166], clary[167], sow bread[168], which near _Aleppo_ is chiefly cultivated in their little gardens, but very common on the mountains; various sorts of clarey[169], three species of charlock[170], _Mithridate_ mustard[171], bastard _Mithridate_ mustard[172], stock-gellyflower[173], dames violet[174] four species, wild radish[175], two species of chickweed[176], four kinds of mouse-ear[177], house-leek[178], caltrops[179], two species of anemony[180], parsley[181], petty madder[182], hartwort[183], shepherds needle[184], clove-gellyflower[185], various species of garlick[186], bindweed two kinds[187], spurges several species[188], horehound[189], field _Basil_[190], treacle-mustard[191], woad[192], hemlock[193], water parsnip[194], navel-wort[195], brank ursine[196], gold of pleasure[197], flix-weed[198], horned wild cumin[199], sweet fern[200], bastard parsley[201], shrub hartwort[202], scorching carrot[203]. [Illustration: _Pla. 2 facing Page 34._ _An Allium Sylvestre sive moly minus albo amplo Flore T. Cor. 26._ _G. D. Ehret delin:_ _I. Mynde sc:_] [Illustration: _Pla. 3. facing page 34_ _Onobrychis Orientalis incano flore luteo fructu magno radiato T. Cor. 26._ _G. D. Ehret delin:_ _J. S. Miller Sc:_] [Illustration: _Pla: 4: facing page 34_ _An Lotus Græca maritima folio glaucio & velut argenteo T. Cor. 27._