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[Lonicera Xylosteum, L. There seems a good deal 

 to be said for the claims of this species as a native 

 of Britain. There is nothing against it geographically, 

 since it is found in the woods in Belgium — a fact appa- 

 rently unknown to De Candolle when describing it as a 

 plant of eastern range. In many of its stations it is 

 doubtless bird-sown from gardens, like several of the 

 introduced species of this genus, but the mere fact 

 that it is known as a perfectly wild plant in natural 

 surroundings should, in the absence of overwhelming 

 geographical difficulties, be sufficient to warrant its- 

 inclusion as a native of Britain.] 



Sambucus Ebulus, L. Native in bushy places in the 

 centre and south of Europe, hardly reaching the northern 

 coasts, except as a denizen. In England it is not 

 uncommon locally, but always growing in waste places 

 near villages along roadsides and in field-borders. It is 

 one of those plants which might be expected to have 

 existed prior to man in ground much disturbed by wild 

 animals, but as there is no trace of it in England, except 

 in artificial habitats, there is no warrant for claiming 

 it as a native on this assumption. It was formerly 

 cultivated for the manufacture of a dye, and this may 

 account for its frequency in some parts of England. 



Sambucus racemosus, Willd. A native of the Con- 

 tinent of Europe. Frequently cultivated in England, 

 and occasionally noticed as a semi-wild plant near 

 gardens and shrubberies. 



Symphoricarpus racemosus, Michx. A native of 

 the mountains of North America which has long been 

 a favourite cottage-garden plant and which not infre- 



