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dnim hexasticlium Jj., I£. ieporimis L. An unidentified Vicfrr, which 

 resembles V. j96';'6'_(7r/;z« in some respects and V. angiistifoUa in 

 others, though •carefully compared with all the material in the Kew 

 Herbarium by Dr. Augustine Henry and Dr. Stapf, could not be 

 matched. The two other species not hitherto recorded for the county 

 were Lepiclium virginicum L. found at East Ruston in 1915, and 

 Ambrosia trifida L. found at North Walsham the same year. Both 

 localities are in Division 1. 



Of the 11 species found in the Norwich area previously mentioned, 

 the most noteworthy Avere Ado?iis annua L., Delphinium Ajacis 

 L., Papaver somniferum L., Glaiicium fiavum Crantz, G. plioeni- 

 ceum Crantz (the only previous record for the county was in 1755), 

 Saponaria Yaccaria (two j^revious records), Medicago deniiculafa v. 

 apiculata Willd., Melilotus indica All. (two previous records), Vicia 

 lutea L. (one previous record), Latliyrus ApJiaca (no recent records), 

 Bupleurum rotundifolium L., Caucalis daucoides L., Galium tri- 

 come Stokes, Asperula arvensis L. (one previous record), 3Iatriearia 

 sicaveolens Buchenau, Datura Stramonium L., Syoscyamus niger 

 L., Phalaris canariensis L., Milium effusum L., Apera spica-venti 

 Beauv., Bromus tectorum L.. Lolium temulentum L., and Hordeum 

 marinum Huds. 



In Suffolk, Mr. W. H. Burrell, F.L.S., and I found Veronica 

 triphgllos L. and V. verna L. at Icklingham in May 1913 ; in May 

 1916 I found Car ex ericetorum Poll, at two stations, three miles 

 apart, in Eriswell. 



ALFRED GRUGEON. 



(1826-1913.) 



Alfijed Geitgeox was born at Spitalfields, July 27th, 1826 and 

 died at AValthamstow, February 14th, 1913. As his name suggests, he 

 was of Huguenot descent, his father still practising the craft of silk- 

 weaving. According to Grrugeon's own account he knew and could 

 distinguish at the age of three the different crops grown in his father's 

 garden, and he continued to take an interest in plants though he had 

 no botanical training. He attended some botany classes in 1849 in 

 Bunhill Row : the students were four in number and they collected 

 plants on Sunday, naming them with the help of the teacher and 

 Macreight's JManual on the Monday evening. The enthusiasm of 

 Grugeon and a fellow student apparently proved too much for their 

 teacher and he resigned, and no one could be got to take his place. 

 At this time Gi*ugeon began to buy botanical books and was able to 

 make some progress in a somewhat desultory way until 1860, when, 

 hearing that M. C. Cooke was giving botary lessons at the Working 

 Men's College he joined that institution. Shortly afterwards he sat 

 for the South Kensington examination in botan}" and gained a prize. 

 The following session Cooke resigned, and as no other teacher could be 

 obtained Grugeon was persuaded to carry on the class and with Cooke's 

 help soon passed the examinations necessary to become a certificated 

 teacher in botanv. He taught various odd classes, but continued with 



