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itself here, and during the last three years has taken 

 possession of a deal of ground. In this station the plants 

 are dwarfish with short dense foliage. I have not been 

 able to trace the origin of the plant here, it had evidently 

 been here for some years previous to its discovery. 



Latchford, on the site of the old railway station. 

 The species is an undoubted importation here, having 

 been introduced with grain siftings. The plants growing 

 in this station are somewhat different in habit from those 

 at the Locks. They are tall — nearly two feet in height — 

 diffuse in habit, and the leaves are much longer with the 

 segments longer and narrower. 



* Ambrosia trifida, Linn. Alien. 



58. Another " hen corn " import. Latchford, on the 

 site of the old railway station, July, 1907. A number of 

 plants growing on the ground where the poultry are fed. 



'''' HdiautliHs animus, Linn. Alien. 



59. Slutcher's Lane, 30th July, 1891. (C.R.B.) 



*Hcliant/iiis tuberos/is, Linn. Alien. 



59. Slutcher's Lane, 30th July, 1891. (C.R.B.) 



Ai/t/ianis uobilis, Linn. Denizen and alien. 



58. Acton Grange, railway embankment, Sept., 1907 ; 

 alien. 



59. Hale; John Peers, in TJie Phytologist, 1863. 

 Here in 1887. (C.R.B.). Recorded for vice-county 59, 

 in "Top, Bot," ed. ii., p. 261. 



* Artemisia Absintliimn, Linn. Alien. 



58. VVarburton, August, 1888. Waste ground on 

 Morley Common, 27th Aug., 1891. (C.R.B.). Banks of 

 Ship Canal, Acton Grange, growing near to the water 

 edge, July, 1905. Recorded for Co. 58, by Warren, in 

 " Top. Bot.," ed. ii , p. 25 i. 



