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of plou2:hs, drill-ploughs, horscbrcalcs, etc. This induced him to 

 be very volumiuous in their description and very hyperbolical in 

 their praise" (pp. xii, xiii). 



In Kalm's pages -svill bo found additional light on the character 

 of this striking personage, but I cannot stay to dwell on it. 



By inspection of the list it will be seen that nearly 100 common 

 plants, which were for the most part supposed to be recorded for 

 the first time as natives of Hertfordshire about the year 1838, are 

 now vouched for about ninety years earlier. 



The an-angement and nomenclature are the same as in Pryor's 

 ' Flora of Hertfordshii'e.' I have cited the authority and the date 

 for the earlier records, together with the date which appears in the 

 Flora itself. 



Clematis Yitalba, Z. 

 Ficaria verna, Huds. 

 Kanunculus repens, L. (vel E.. acris ?) 



Flammula, Z. 



arvensis, Z. 



Raphanistrum innocuum. Medic. 

 Nastiu'tium officinale, R. Br. 

 Alliaria officinalis, Andrz. 

 Brassica campestris, Z. 

 Sinapis arvensis, Z. 

 Erophila vulgaris, DC. 

 Capsella Bursa-pastoris, Moench 

 Silene Cucubalus, Wihel 

 Githago segetum, Desf. 

 Cerastium vulgatum, Z. 

 Linum catharticum, Z. 

 Acer campestre, Z. 

 Ilex Aquifolium, Z. 



Ulex 



europseus. 



Ononis arvensis, Z. 

 Anthyllis Vulneraria, Z. 

 Medicago lupulina, Z. 

 Trifolium pratense, Z. 



repens, Z. 



Lotus pilosus, Beeke 



corniculatus, Z. 



Lathyrus pratensis, Z. 

 Vicia Cracca, Z. 



sativa, Z. 



Ervum hirsutum, Z. 

 Pnmus avium, Z. 



spinosa, Z. 



Spiraea Ulmaria, Z. 

 Filipendula. Z. 



Rubus "fi-uticosus" (ulmifolius, Schott?) 



csesius, Z. 



Fragaria vesca, Z. 



