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V. Chamreclrys, L. P. Rather frequent on the slope at Richmond side 

 of lake. 



Y. Anagallis, L. Pal. On ruhbish thrown up when moat was 

 cleaned. 



Euphrasia officinalis, X. Q. A couple of small plants in turf 

 near wall 50 yards south of Isleworth Gate, 1873. ]^ot seen since. 



Lathraea Squamaria, L. B. On roots of Thorn near House No. 2. 

 Yery abundant by side of ''Broad Walk," in the Rhododendron bed 

 nearest Museum No. 3. This bed is full of elm roots, and I believe 

 the Lathrcea to be parasitic on them and not on the roots of the Rho- 

 dodendron. Introduced from Dorking in 1834 by Mr. A. Choules, 

 then a foreman in the Royal Gardens under Mr. Alton. (See Journ. 

 Bot., 1872, p. 173.) 



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Tree-Aloes. — By the kindness of the publisher of ''Nature" I 

 am enabled to reproduce in the Journal of Botany a woodcut from a 



very charming sketch by John Sanderson, Esq., of D' Urban. It 



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