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BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS FOR MARCH. 



(Continued from page 87.) 

 Netted-rooted Crocus, Crocus reticulatus ; Purple Spring Crocus, C. vernus ; 

 Spurge-laurel Mezereon, Daphne laureola ; Common Mezereon, D. mezereum ; 

 Hare's-tail Cotton-grass, Eriophorum vaginatum ; Early Knappia, Knappia 

 agrostidea ; Broad-leaved Hairy Wood-rush, Luzula pilosa ; Common Daffodil, 

 Narcissus pseudo-narcissus ; Annual Meadow-grass, Poa annua ; Sloe, or 

 Black-thorn, Prunus spinosa ; Two-leaved Squill, Scilla bifolia ; Smooth-leaved 

 Elm, Ulmus glabra ; Dutch Cork-barked Elm, U. major ; Cork-barked Elrr, 

 V. tuberosa ; Sweet Violet, Viola odorala ; Common Alder, Alnus glutinosa ; 

 Maiden-hair Spleenwort, Asplenium trichomanes ; Common Daisy, Bellis peren- 

 nis; Common Hazelnut, Corylus avellana ; Hairy Ladies'-smock, Cardamine 

 hirsuta ; Yellow Whitlow-grass, Draba aizoides ; Common Whitlow-grass, D. 

 verna ; Corn Horse-tail, Equisetum arvense ; Wood Spurge, Euphorbia amyg- 

 daloides ; Red Shrubby Spurge, E. characias ; ! Stinking Hellebore, Helleborus 

 foztidus; Rock Hutchinsia, Hutchinsia petrcea ; Henbit Dead-nettle, or Great 

 Henbit, Lamium amplexicaule ; Strawberry-leaved Cinquefoil, Potenlilla fraga- 

 riastrum ; White Poplar, Populus alba ; Grey Poplar, P. canescens ; Aspen or 

 Trembling Poplar, P.tremida; Black Poplar, P. nigra ; Common Butcher's- 

 broom, Ruscus aculeatus ; Rose Willow, Salix helix ; Boyton Willow, *S. Lam- 

 bertiana; Olive-leaved Willow, S. olei folia; Prostrate Willow, S. prrostrata ; 

 Purple Willow, S. purpurea; Auricled Osier Willow, S . stipularis ; Common 

 Groundsel, Senecio vulgaris; Common Yew, Saxus baccata; Shepherd's Purse, 

 Thraspi bulsa-pastoris ; Colt's-foot, Tussilago farfara. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Prize-essays on the Turnip-fly. 

 To the Editor of The Naturalist. 

 Sir, — The Prospectus of the Prize-Essays for the Entomological Society for the 

 year 1838 is to the following effect, as already advertised both in the Natural 

 History periodicals and the London and provincial papers. 



Prize Essay on the black grub of the Turnip. — An arrangement has been made 

 between the Entomological Society of London and the Agricultural Society of 





