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THE NATURALIST. 



A Few Plants observed near 

 Barnetbt-le-Wold and Caistor, 

 Lincolnshire, 

 Chiefly in August, 1862. 



By James Britten. 



Anemone apennina. Near tlie mau- 

 soleum, in Brocklesby Park, near 

 Caistor ; plentiful. 



Chelidonium majus. Hedges at 

 Searby, near Barnetby. 



Corydalls solida with Anemone apen- 

 nina : also at Hundon, near Caistor. 



Drosera rotundifolia- At Wrawby 

 Moor, near Barnetby. 



Sagina nodosa. Damp ground by 

 the railway, at Barnetby. 



Malva moschata. The white variety 

 occurred in a wood near Barnetby. 



Oxalis stricta. Wall and garden 

 paths at Hundon. 



Trifolium arvense. Nettleton moor 

 and the Sandbraes near Caistor ; 

 very abundant. 



Spircea Filipendula. Brocklesby 

 Park and Hendale Woods, near 

 Caistor. 



S. salicifolia. Hendale Woods ; 

 probably planted. 



Geum rivale. Woods about Barn- 

 etby. 



Ejnlohium angustifolmm. Hendale 

 Woods ; in great abundance. 



Conium macidatum. About Caistor. 



Arnoseris j)usilla. Wrawby Moor. 



Gentiana Pneumonanthe. Wrawby 

 Moor; also on Nettleton Moor, 

 near Caistor, as recorded by John- 

 son in Ger. Emac. 



Menyanthes trifoliata. Wrawby 

 Moor. 



Linaria minor. On the railway at 

 Barnetby. 



Galeopsis versicolor. Cornfields, 

 Barnetby. 



Pinguicula vulgaris and Samolus 

 Valerandi. Damp ground near the 

 railway, at Barnetby. 



A nacliarisA Isinastrum. Large ponds 

 near the Barnetby Station; flowering 

 profusely, August, 1862. 



Alisma ranunculoides. Small pool 

 by the Barnetby Station. 



Sagittaria sagittafoUa. Ditches 

 about Barnetby. 



To the Editor of the Naturalist. 

 Sir, — I saw with regret in a county 

 paper {Stamford Mercury), of yester- 

 day, that three of those fine birds, 

 the wild swan, had been lately shot 

 at Winthorpe - in - the - Marsh. It 

 seems they alighted in a field, and 

 being disturbed, flew up, and de- 

 scending at no great distance, joined 

 a flock of tame geese, out of which 

 they were shot by a Mr. Whaler, of 

 Winthorpe. This is another instance 

 of the welcome accorded to many 

 rare and curious birds, which, might 

 very probably, if undisturbed, breed 

 and remain with us in the summer 

 months, if not all the year. 

 I am, with sincere regret, 



Faithfully yours, 

 18th June, 1864. Amicus. 



