454 ESSEX AND THE EARLY BOTANISTS.
the splendid ruin ; on the crumbling walls, as on the Castle keep,
the wild wallflowers grow in lavish abundance; but in still greater
profusion will be noticed the lesser Calamint (C. Nepeta), con-
spicuous in autumn with its delicate lilac flowers ; while nestling
here and there among the fallen masonry a few plants of the rare
Soapwort will be seen.
John Vaughan.