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THE LIZARD ORCHIS. 



Thise notes were suppled by Mr. W. R. Jeffrey; tliey were frivcii to hm bv Mr. Hvland, 

 iiii Ashford botanist keenly interested in this plant. 



1908, July 4th — Found a Lizard growing a few miles East of Wye — habitat .V. 



lilOH, Oetober 2Gth — Visited A. found three new leaves showing, and the nid flower spike 

 still standing. 



I'JOy, June 21st — Visited A. It had thrown up a spike, whieli had been eaten off. 



191(1, June 27th — Vi.sited A. It was in flower, but going to seed; this we afterwards 

 safely dispersed. 



ion, April 17th — Visited A. It had been burnt off with the surrounding grass, but it after- 

 wards made a slight growth. 



lUOU, June lUth— Found a Lizard ou Downs, West side of the river Stour, habitat B. 



lOno, June aeth— Visited B. Found that the plant had been dug up with a lot of " Bees." 



190!), June 27th — Discovered five Lizards in full bloom, and one maimed plant several 

 "liies Eat-t .if A— habitat C. 



1909, July 4th— Visited C. The two longest ones had disappeared. Searched about and 

 found two fresh plants. 



19U9, July 7th — Visited C. Saw a lady dodging suspiciously about the place, so cut off' the 

 largest spike, leaving one. 



1909, July 24th— Vi-sited C. The sjiike I left had disappeared. 



1910. May 1.5th — Visited C. Found twelve Lizard i)lants, five of which would certainly 

 1 h oni, possibly one or two others. 



1910, July 22nd — Visited C. Found five holes where the |ilants had been dug up. All the 

 smaller plauls had died down. 



1910, Oetober 10th — Visited C. Removed three jilants to safer nuarters, habitat D. 



1911, April 17th— Visited D. All three plants flourishing. 



1911, July 1st — Visited D. Could not find the plants. Weather hot and dry. Frob.-vbly 

 the plants had died down for the season. Found no Bees on this hill all the year. A'^i.siteil 

 C several times this year. Could only fiud three Lizards; only one plant threw up a very 

 small bloom spike. 



W. H. HAMMOND. 



BOTANICAL NOTES. 



In June I f()und stime fine specimens of Cvnium maculntum growing on the banks »pf the 

 stream at Horsmondeu, and also Tanacetum vulgarc. Ou June 29th Mr. Viggera and I had a 

 Iwtauieal excursion ou the downs near Chilham and Wye, hoping to find Orchis liirciiia in 

 flowed". Our search was unsuccessful, but we found many interesting chalk jjlants, and the 

 usual orchids of the chalk district. We again noticed the increasing scarcity of the orchids, 

 especially Orchis fitsca, due to tlie depredations of mere collectors who are not botanists. As 

 suggested by the Selborne .■>iieiety, the Kent County Council has made a bye-law prohibiting 

 the wholesale gathcriug and uprooting of wild plants, which I hope will prevent extermination 

 of many of our native species, whilst reserving the right to botanists to gather for purjioses 

 of study and research. 



Pu'tomngittm lucens grows in a pond at Biddenden. MijriophifUum did not flower this year. 



I think the genus Mentha would rejiay investigation; fifteen species and varieties are 

 cnununatcd in the Kent Flora. I found an interesting species growing in a swampy place 

 at Cranbrook, which had an .ulour very like the official ])ep))ermint (.V. piperitii). 1 for- 

 waidcd sonu' sjiecimens to Mr. IC. M. Holmes. F.L.S., who considers the ])lant to be Mcitthii 

 jiiinritii ciir riilgaris of Sole, wlio was the authority on the genus a century ago. Julcriiiiin 

 nfjiciitiilis was found in great profusion growing in a recently cleared wood, and htnked 

 Iteautiful in flower. 



The Glastonbury Thorn in churchyard did not flower at Christmas, 1911. October was 

 very wet, and iirevented me from doing any long excursions. 



A. W. HUDSON. M.P.S. 



( 't anbrook. 



I found at Eythorue last summer a vetch resembling \'iciii cracni in habit, but the blossom 

 was vo.sy-piuk in colour. 



I sent a spceinu'U to Kew. where it was identified as J'iciu rillosa. 



It is not mentioned in Hooker's " Students Flora," or Marshal and Haubury's " Flora of 



