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several; e.g. Ducommun in 1869 (" Taschenb. Schweiz. Bot.," p. 

 227) named it A. alpina, (3 Godeti, and what would seem to be 

 the same plant is named A. alpina, ft podophylla, Tausch ? in " Flora," 

 1841, p. 108, while what seems to represent our usual alpina is 

 named v. glomerata. 



In the recently issued " Notes from the Royal Bot. Garden, 

 Edinburgh," 1904, p. 108, it is said "has been reported from 

 Cumberland, but on faith of a record by Mr. Bowman"; but Mr. 

 Watson ("Cyb. Brit.," i. p. 363, 1847) states that " the late Mr - 

 Bowman expressly stated that the plant brought by himself from 

 Gatesgarth Dale was A. alpina, which remained unchanged in his 

 garden." 



A. alpina just lives in a Surrey garden, while A. conjuncta seeds 

 freely, young plants come up in plenty, and produce exactly the 

 same form as the parent. Though planted side by side, I never saw 

 any signs of hybrids being produced. The Rev. R. Wood, in a letter 

 dated 6th October 1873, remarks, "I could offer a great rarity 

 which Syme disputes being found in Great Britain. Mine is the 

 genuine plant, and certainly was taken from a mountain in Lake 

 district. It was found by Mr. Dickenson, who has the original 

 plant in his garden." That the specimen sent me was conjuncta 

 there is no doubt, but whether Mr. Wood had been imposed on it is 

 difficult to say. Mr. Hodgson (Fl. of Cumberland, 1898, p. 107) 

 disposes of the plant rather curtly, quoting Mr. J. G. Baker's opinion, 

 " I believe to be merely a variety of alpina.'" Certainly it is an 

 odd variety if it is so, for alpina refuses to do at all points what 

 conjuncta consents to in cultivation. A. alpina refuses to respond in 

 any way to excessive manuring it dies ! while conjuncta simply 

 luxuriates in it, and seeds freely in that condition, equally so in soil 

 composed of 2/3 Redhill sand and 1/3 garden mould. In this soil 

 alpina lives and flowers, perfecting a few seeds, but does not increase. 



In "Eng. Botany" Dr. Syme aptly describes the Clova plant from 

 Mr. A. O. Black (of which I possess a specimen with the date 

 August 1853, by Mr. F. Hanbury's kindness); still I believe the 

 specimen I have to be conjuncta, and not alpina. It is strange 

 it has not been regathered at Clova or in Arran. 



Certainly Mr. Watson's remarks ("Comp. Cyb. Brit.," 1870, p. 

 470) on Mr. A. O. Black read rather hard; but though he had to 

 contend with much doubtful matter, his remarks read now almost 

 too incisive, as he himself admitted to Mr. J. G. Baker ("Journ. 

 Bot.," 1 88 1, p. 264) in his later years. A. BENNETT. 



A. eonjuneta, Bab., and A. alpina, L. In supplement of Mr. 

 Bennett's remarks on the behaviour of these plants in cultivation, it 

 may be worth mentioning that both have been growing in my garden, 

 near together, for about twenty years, that A. conjuncta reproduces 

 by seed very freely, so as to be apt to become a troublesome weed ; 



