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Quince-leaved Willow, S. cotini/olia ; Broad-leaved Monadelphous Willow, S. 

 Croweana ; Broad-leaved Mountain Willow, S. Dicksoniana ; Fine Basket Osier 

 Willow, S. Forbyana ; Crack Willow, S.fragilis; Rose Willow, S. helix ; Hairy- 

 Branched Willow, S. hirta; Boyton Willow, S. Lambertiana ; Sharp-leaved 

 Triandrous Willow, S. lanceolata ; Apple-leaved Willow, S. malifolia ; Dark 

 Broad-leaved Willow, S. nigricans ; Shining-leaved Willow, S. nitens ; Dark 

 Long-leaved Willow, S . petiolaris ; Early Prostrate Willow, S.prostrata; Plum- 

 leaved Willow, S. prwiifolia ; Rosemary-leaved Willow, S. rosmarinifolia ; 

 Green-leaved Osier Willow, S. rubra ; Bedford Willow, S. Russelliana ; Silky- 

 leaved Willow, S. Smithiana ; Withered-pointed Willow, S. sphacelata ^Bilberry- 

 leaved Willow, S. vaccinifolia ; Veiny-leaved Willow, S. venulosa ; Common 

 Osier Willow, S. viminalis ; Wulfenian Osier Willow, S. Wulfeniana; Purple 

 Saxifrage, Saxifraga oppositifolia ; Two-leaved Squill, Scilla bifolia; Vernal 

 Squill, S. verna ; Scaly Hart's-tongue, Scolopendrium cetrach ; Common Ground- 

 sel, Senecio vulgaris ; Blue Moor-grass, Sesleria ccerulea ; Common Stickwort, 

 Stellaria media ; Common Yew, Taxus baccata ; Common Shepherd's-purse, 

 Thlaspi bursa-pastoris ; Perfoliate Shepherd's-purse, Th. perfoliatum ; Channel- 

 leaved Trichonema, Trichonema bulbocodium ; Wild Tulip, Tulipa sylvestris ; 

 Colt's-foot, Tussilago farfara ; Butter-bur, T. petasiter ; Common Small-leaved 

 Elm, Ulmus campestris; Broad-leaved or Wytch Elm, U. montana; Bog 

 Whortle-berry, or Great Bilberry, Vaccinium uliginosum ; Procumbent Field 

 Speedwell, Veronica agrestis ; Ivy -leaved Speedwell, V. hederifolia ; Blunt- 

 fingered Speedwell, V. triphyllos ; Vernal Speedwell, V. verna ; Spring Vetch, 

 Vicia lathyroides ; Dog's Violet, Viola canina ; Hairy Violet, V. hirta ; Sweet 

 Violet, V. odorata; Marsh Violet, V. patustris. 



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Anecdote op a Snake and a Toad. 

 To the Editor of the Naturalist. 

 My dear Sib, — If the following notice is worth your attention, I shall be 

 happy in its meeting your approval. 



A few summers ago, when walking across a field of newly-cut Clover, my 

 attention was arrested by seeing a Common Snake (I call it common in distinc- 

 tion from the Adder or] Viper), busily employed swallowing a Toad of con- 

 siderable size. The Snake was so intent upon the business that it allowed me to 

 approach within two or three yards, and I was thus enabled to witness its efforts 



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