Kingsley, — On Noxious Weeds at Nelson. 407 



Art. LI. — On the Presence of some Noxious Weeds in 



Nelson District. 



By E. I. Kingsley. 



[Read before the Nelson Philosophical Society, 12th March, ISM.] 



Arctium minor, the lesser English burdock. 



This plant, to which attention has been called as being 

 dangerous to stock eating it, is growing in several places. 

 I have found it on the Fringe Hill, on the Dun Mountain 

 track, on the Port Hills, in the Maitai Valley, and lately I 

 noticed it growing luxuriantly at Ferntown, near the foot of 

 the Colliery incline, and apparently spreading. 



Cardials arvensis, English corn-thistle (the so-called Califor- 



nian thistle of settlers). 



This is growing in fair abundance on the Port Road, and 

 also in Hastings Street, Nelson. The spreading of this plant 

 would be a very serious calamity to the farmers of the 

 district, for, being a perennial, and possessing a creeping 

 rhizome, it is difficult to eradicate. In cornfields in England 

 it sometimes, where it is plentiful, almost completely chokes 

 the corn. 



Melilotus arvensis. 



A noxious weed — one that spreads rapidly, seeds abun- 

 dantly, and that cattle will not eat. This is also growing on 

 the Port Eoad. 



Art. LII. — Botanical Notes : Plants new to Nelson Dis- 

 trict, etc., from West Wanganui. 



By R. I. Kingsley. 



[Bead before the Nelson Philosophical Society, 12th March, 1894.] 



On a recent trip to West Wanganui Inlet, via Collingwood 

 and Pakawau, during the month of February, in company with 

 Messrs. W. H. Bryant and T. M. Melhuish, I made a small 

 collection of plants, &c. These on my return I submitted to 

 T. Kirk, Esq., F.L.S., of Wellington, who states there are 

 several among the specimens of great interest, two being new 

 to the flora of this district ; and others, whilst being recorded, 

 have not been collected for a good many years. Mr. Kirk 



