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B. ^STivALis, Fr. Sv. Svamp., t. 43. 



Roadsides about Staplehurst, Smith Draw. Kent, Mrs. Hiissey, 



Berk. Out. 

 Resembles the pale form of B. edulis, but the stem is even. 



B. ALUTARius, Fr. Kromb., t. 74, f. 8, 9. 

 Kent, Mrs. Hmsei/, Berk. Out. 



B. CYANESCENS, BuU. Saund. & Sm., t. 47. 

 Staplehurst, Crard. Chronicle, 1869, p. 1061. 



B. EDULis, B2dl. BuU., t. 60, 494. 



Sydenham Hill ; Knowle Park ; Woods between Shoreham and 



Dunton Green ; Joyden's Wood, Bexley, Holmes : Goud- 



hurst, A. S. Bickneil. Edible. 

 Known by the whitish network on the stem. 



B. FELLEus, Bidl. Bull., t. 379. 



St. Paul's Cray Common, Chislehurst, Madame Bommer. 



B. cASTANEus, Bidl. BulL, t. 328. 

 Hayes Rectory, Huss. 



(To be continued). 



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Crocus nudiflorus in Shrewsbury. — In the public grounds 

 known as the "Quarry," in Shrewsbury, there has been noticed 

 to grow for many years a Crocus, which, as far as I am aware, 

 has never been observed to flower. My curiosity having been 

 awakened by its appearing this spring, I gathered some specimens 

 in the hope of being able to make out the species. It appeared to 

 answer to C. nudiflorus, chiefly on account of the stoloniferous 

 corm, no other species described in ' English Botany ' presenting 

 this character. I forwarded the specimens to Dr. Trimen, that I 

 might have the advantage of his opinion on them, and it resulted 

 in my obtaining not only his opinion but that of the Rev. Harpur 

 Crewe and Mr. G. Maw, both great authorities on the Croci, which 

 confirmed my own impression. The question naturally arises, 

 can it be considered indigenous ? I must leave the answer to this 

 to more experienced botanists, contenting myself by giving as clear 

 a description of the nature of the habitat as possible, to enable 

 your readers to form then- own opinion. Shrewsbury is surrounded 

 on all sides by the river Severn, except a narrow neck of land on 

 the north side, on part of which the old Norman Castle stands. 

 The town walls form an inner boundary, leaving a considerable 

 space between it and the river, a part of which space on the south- 

 west side of the town is laid out as a public walk possessing a most 

 beautiful avenue of lime trees, perhaps unsurpassed by any in the 

 kingdom, planted by Wright in 1719, a nurseryman whose name 

 is still associated with an apple known as "Wright's Codling." 

 The name "Quarry" is derived from the fact that there is an 

 abandoned stone quarry in it known now as the "Dingle," which 



