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NOTES — ORIGINAL AND SELECTED. 



only place I had previously seen it in my radius was as a casual 

 in a wheat-field at Witham, and then it only survived the one 

 year. — Edwin E. Turner, Coggeshall, August 6th, 1902. 



Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus in Epping Forest. — I 

 cannot find any record of the Daffodil in the Forest, but there is 

 a certain district where it grows very scantily for a distance of 

 about 90 yards. I have not had the luck to see any flowers, but 

 I came upon tAvo little bo3^s from Loughton one day in March, 

 1 901, digging up the bulbs. They knew perfectly well what 

 they were, and told me that they had seen the spot yellow with 

 the flowers the previous year. — F. W. Elliott, April 7th, 1903. 



Growth-force of a Mushroom. — I send a rough sectional 

 ■drawing of a curious mushroom growth. On August 4th, 1892, 



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I noticed that the pavement (aspbalte or tar) on the east side of 

 Norwich Road, close to the enclosure wall of Upton Congrega- 

 tional Chapel, was lifted conically, presenting the appearance of 

 a miniature volcanic mountain. Upon investigation, I found 

 that it was caused by the growth of a mushroom. The particular 

 incident worthy of observation is the force exerted by the fungus 

 to lift, not only the dead weight, but the impacted conglomerate 

 of tar, sand and stones. — (Rev.) Rowland T. Warren, Chriat 

 Church Vicarage, Forest Gate, Essex. 



A Big Mushroom. — I have just been informed by Mr. 

 Collis Willmott that he gathered a remarkable mushroom at 

 Woodham Ferris, Essex, on the 28th of August, 1902, which 

 deserves a record. It was a specimen of the Horse Mushroom 

 (Agaricus arvensis), which most persons consider equal, and some 



