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department is the arboretum ; and we are indebted to him for the 

 first instalment of the Handhouk of Trees and Shrubs grown at Kew, 

 which was noticed in this Journal for 1895 (p. 29), and the com- 

 pletion of which is much to be desired. The long-needed Guide to 

 the Gardens, the absence of which has formed the subject of 

 inquiries in Parliament during tbe last five years, will doubtless 

 owe much of its value to Mr. Nicholson's knowledge. His principal 

 work is The Dictionanj of Gardeninfi, a standard book of reference. 



Mr. Nicholson was born (at Eipon) in 1847, so we may expect 

 from bim many more years of useful work. 



FIRST RECORDS OF BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS. 



COMPILED BY 



William A. Clarke, F.L.S. 

 (Continued from vol. xxxiii. p. .) 



Luzula Forsteri DC. Fl. Fr. iii. 160 (1805). 1804. " Mr. 

 Edward Forster first observed this in 1795 . . . between Hog hill 

 and Collier-row in Hainhault Forest, Essex," — E. B. 1293, and 

 Sm. Fl. Brit. iii. 1395. A note on the original drawing for E. B. 

 says, "First observed in 1790." 



L. vernalis DC. Fl. Fr. iii. 160 (1805). L. pilosa Willd, Enura. 

 393 (1809), 1597. "In woods , , . or shadowie places."— Ger. 17. 



L. maxima DC. Fl, Fr. iii. 160 (1805). 1670. "I observed 

 it plentifully in the ditch of a close adjoyning to Hampsted-wood 

 near London."- — Ray Cat, 149, 



L. arcuata Walilenb, in Summ, Veg, Scand. 13 (1814). 1824. 

 " Summits of Cairngorum and others of the Grampian mountains. 

 Prof. Hooker."— Sm. Engl. Fl. ii. 183. 



L, spicata DC, Fl. Fr. iii. 160 (1805). 1787. " On the very 

 summit of Ben Lomond, Dr. J, E, Smith." — \V ith. Bot. Arr. ii. 365, 



L, campestris DC, Fl. Fr. iii, 161 (1805). 1597. " In watery 

 ditches . . . going from Paris garden bridge to Saint Georges 

 fields," London. — Ger. 16, 



L. erecta Desv. Journ. Bot. i. 156 (1808). L. multiffora Lej. 

 Fl. Spa, 169 (1811). 1660. "Gramen hirsutum majus panicula 

 juncea compacta," — R. C. C, 68. Ray Hist, ii. 1291, &c. Formerly 

 generally described as a var. of L. campestris, but as a separate 

 species in Forster's Fl. Tonbridg. (1816). 



Typha latifolia L. Sp, PI, 971 (1753). 1548. " Groweth in 

 fennes & water sydes among the reedes. ... It is called in englishe 

 cattes tayle or a Reedmace." — Turn. Names, G vij. 



T. angustifolia L. Sp. PI. 971 (1753). 1670. " Typha 



palustris media J. B vidi in rivulo quodam juxta sedes 



Nobiliss. Comitis Warwicensis Leezhuuse dictas in Essexia." — Ray 

 Cat. p. 308. 



Sparganium ramosum Huds. Fl. Angl. ii. 401 (1778). 1562. 

 " Comon in England." — Turn. ii. 143. 



