Natural History m the English Counties, 393 



in woods at Allesley and Corley. ^rica vulgaris, Tetralix, and cinerea, at 

 Coleshill Heath, lychnis Floscuculi, at Coleshill ; diolca, at Allesley. 

 ^osa canina, at Allesley and many other places. A'juga r^ptans, at Coles- 

 hill. ^etonica officinMis, Prunella vulgaris, at Allesley. Pedicularis paliis- 

 tris, on Coleshill Heath. Digitalis purpurea, at Coleshill. Geranium molle, 

 at Allesley, &c. ; Robertm«?/m, at Wooton, near Warwick. Polygala 

 vulgaris, also with pink flowers, and also with very pale blue flowers, on 

 Coleshill Heath, Corley Moor, &c. T'rifolium officinale, at Coleshill, &c. 

 5'erratula tinctoria, in bogs near Coleshill. Cnicus lanceolatus, palustris, 

 and arvensis, at Allesley, &c. O'rchis raorio and latifolia, at Coleshill; 

 conopsea, in bogs near Coleshill ; maculata, flowers pure white, at Allesley, 

 Coleshill, &c. 



The following plants, varying in the colour of the flower, have also been 

 observed : — i^osa spinoslssima, with flesh-coloured flowers, on the road- 

 side at Guy's Cliff" turnpike, near Warwick. Achillea Afillefolium, with 

 red flowers, at Allesley, &c. Malva sylvdstris, a very beautiful variety, with 

 blue flowers, on a piece of arable land near Coleshill. iS'ambiicus nigra, 

 with white fruit, also white-flowered varieties, at Coleshill, &c. ^olanum 

 Dulcamara, Fritillaria meleagris, near Oxford. ChXrbma Centaureum, near 

 Dudley. iSymphytum officinale, with purple flowers, near Oxford. 



It will almost immediately occur to any one, on perusing the above list, 

 that the plants most apt to produce white varieties are such as usually bear 

 blue, purple, or pink flowers, bellow flowers are but little subject to vari- 

 ations in colour. The common cowslip, however, when raised from seed in 

 a garden, is an exception, thoujrh, in a perfectly wild state, I never knew it 

 to vary in colour. 1 am, Sir, &c. — W. T. Bree. Allesley Rectory ^ near 

 Coventry, July 9. IS22. 



Lysimachia Nuimnuldria. — In a" marshy spot, by the Thames side, be- 

 tween Ham and Kingston, the iysimachia Nummularia may be found (but 

 not very plentifully), with the leaves, calyx, and corolla thickly covered 

 with dark-red glandular spots. — E. K. 



ScUla nutans, with white flowers, mentioned by several of your correspon- 

 dents as extremely rare, may be found in great plenty in all the copses near 

 Leith Hill, a beautiful spot, about six miles from Dorking, and abounding 

 in all sorts of scarce and curious plants. Near it was the residence of the 

 celebrated author of the Sylva. If, Sir, you should think it desirable, I will 

 send you a list of some of the most beautiful flowers which flourish in this 

 part of the country. I remain. Sir, &c. — William Perceval Hunter. 



We shall be glad to receive such a list, together with a notice of the best 

 spot, near Leith Hill, for a London naturalist to take a lodging for a week 

 or two, with a view to exploring the neighbourhood. — Cond. 



Marine Shells. — Sir, about a mile from this place is a hill called Black 

 Down, which, I suppose, may be about 600 ft. above the level of the sea, 

 and sixteen miles from the nearest tide-mark. On the side of this hill are 

 a number of excavations, some of them carried 500 yards under ground in 

 a straight horizontal line, which, at the further end, may be 100 ft., some 

 more or less, below the surface. These excavations are made for the pur- 

 pose of .bringing out the stones (.which are found in detached masses 

 amongst the sand), in order to be cut for whetstones, and which are con- 

 sidered the best in England. In these stones the miners frequently meet 

 with lumps of marine shells, of various sorts, and as hard and perfect as if 

 newly taken out of the sea. — Robert Reid. Montrath House, near Col- 

 lumpton, Devonshire, June 9. 1828. 



dcliuriiim Yntybus, Scilla nutans, and Campanula' rotiindifblia, with white 

 flowers, have frequently been found by me in this neighbourhood. — Z>. 

 Stock. Bungay, Jidy 2S. 1828. 



Epifdctis latifolia was found by a gentleman residing in this town, in a 

 wood a few miles distant. — Id. 



