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Credit: Ben Rhydding and the water cure. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![11] beauty, would, if Dr. Macleod could appropriate the fish-pond to their cultivation, form an interesting addition to the attractions of Ben Bhydding. There is a pleasant walk on the left hand of the grounds leading to Mount Stead, through corn fields and pastures, by the side of a small wood; here grows that flower of all localities, the Foxglove [Digitalis purpurea), and the garden-like Campanula [Trachelium); under the summer growth of Bramble, Honey-suckle, and Wild Eoses, we meet with the Hypericum perfoliatum, and pulchrum, the latter lovely in the extreme, and worthy of cultivation, as are all tlie St. John’s worts ; Willow-herb [Epilohium Mrsutum), with occasional Spiked Purple Loose-strife {Lnjthrimi salicaria), though the latter generally prefers the side of ponds, where its roots can be under water. The Willow-herb has a singular English name—Codlins and cream. Its scent to a strong imagination may suggest that pleasant repast, but its rose-coloured flowers, and singularly winged seeds, are a sufficient recom-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21535917_0125.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
