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Gorrie, Archibald (fl. 1800-1839). Of Perth. Assoc. Bot. Soc. 

 Edin., 1839. Father of two following. R. S. C. ii. 918. 



Gorrie, David (fl. 1830-1854). 'Hereditary properties of cult, 

 plants,' Journ. Agric. viii. 314. ' Illustrations of Scripture from 

 bot. science,' 1854. Assisted Loudon in ' Manual of Cottage 

 Gardening,' 1830. Pritz. 126 ; R. S. C. vii. 802 ; Trans. Bot. 

 Soc. Edin. xiv. 298. 



Gorrie, William (1812 ?-l 881). Gardener. Contributed to Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. 1828. Described Grasses in Morton's Cyclop. Agri- 

 culture. R. S. C. ii. 948 ; Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin. xiv. 298. 



Gosse, Philip Henry (1810-1888) : b. Worcester, 6th April, 1810 ; 

 d. St. Marychurch, Torquay, 23rd Aug. 1888. A.L.S., 1849. 

 F.R.S., 1856. In Canada, &c., 1827-44; in Jamaica, 1844. 



* Canadian Naturalist,' 1840. ' Nat. Sojourn in Jamaica,' 1846. 

 Wanderings through Kew Conservatories,' 1856. Jacks. 412; 

 *Athena3um,' 1st Sept. 1888; R. S. C. h. 952. 



Gotobed, Richard (fl. 1805). Of Eton. F.L.S., 1800. Contrib. 



Berks and Bucks Lists to Bot. Guide. Eng. Bot. 738, 1295, 1501. 

 Gough, Hon. George Stephens (fl. 1820-1852). Of Rathronan 



House, near Clonmel. F.L.S., 1840. Explored Neilgherry flora. 



Wight, Icon. V. h. 22. Gowjhia Wight. 

 Gough, John (1757-1825) : b. Kendal, 17th Jan. 1757 ; d. Fowl 



Ing, Kendal, 28th July, 1825 ; bur. Kendal Parish Churchyard. 



Mathematician, &c. Blind from three years old. Correspondent 



of Withering. Contributed to Manchester Philosophical Soc, 



* On the Germination of Seeds'; to Nicholson's Phil. Mag., 'On 

 Nutrition in Plants,' &c. Taught Dalton and Whewell. Eng. 

 Bot. 489; R. S. C. h. 959 ; Nicholson, 'Annals of Kendal,' 

 ed. 2, 18G1, 355-368. 



(To be continued.) 



SHORT NOTES. 

 SciLLA AUTUMNALis ON St. Vincent's Rocks. — It is gratifying to 

 be able to announce that the hope expressed in the ' Flora' [of the 

 Bristol Coalfields] (p. 201), that this rare bulb might yet be redis- 

 covered on St. Vincent's Rocks, has been justified. We are indebted 

 for this pleasure to Mr. J. C. House, who, during a scramble in autumn, 

 came upon a patch of about a hundred plants. It was somewhat per- 

 plexing, however, to find that the spot was wade ground, the site of 

 ancient quarrying ; but this circumstance has been explained and 

 accounted for in a very interesting and satisfactory manner. Mrs. 

 Glennie Smith has kindly furnished information on the matter that 

 was conveyed to her by Mrs. Glennie, widow of Mr. William Glennie, 

 who was engineer, under Brunei, of many great works in the West 

 of England. The account runs as follows: — When Brunei was 

 about to commence the construction of the Suspension Bridge, 

 Mrs. Glennie told him that he was going to destroy the Clifton 

 locality of SciJla autuinnalis, as it grew just where the approach on 

 the Gloucestershire side was to be made. The engineer imme- 



