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nooks and corners. But still, such was the general richness 

 of the soil, that as many rare plants could be collected in 

 the county as perhaps in any other district in England. The 

 list published by the Society last year had grown to very 

 great dimensions by the labours of a few collectors who had 

 made notes of the rarer habitats. Perhaps scarcely any 

 other county would show a longer list ; and taking this list 

 as a starting point, it might be made more full and correct 

 in future years. By dividing the County into five districts, 

 according to the ancient Hundreds, and by asking two or 

 three Botanists to undertake the systematic examination of 

 each district, the work would be one of comparative ease 

 and exactness. The divisions proposed were the districts of 



1. Hemlingford Hundred^ including the districts of Ather- 



stone, Birmingham, Solihull, and Tamworth. 



2. North Knightloio Hundred^ including the districts of 



Coventry, Kirby, and Rugby. 



3. Barliehway Hundred, including the districts of Henley, 



Alcester, Snitterfield, and Stratford-on-Avon. 



4. Kington Hundred, including the districts of Brailes, 

 ' Dasset, Kineton, and Wellesbourne. 



5. South Knightlow Hundred, including the districts of 



Kenilworth, Southam, and Warwick. 



The Lecturer divided the plants of "Warwickshire into 

 (a) aboriginal, {b) escapes of cultivation, (c) specialities of 

 soil, and {d) obsolete or lost species. 



By aboriginal he meant those which had grown in all 

 likelihood on the same spots from the very earliest times: 

 these would include all the commoner plants, the ferns, 

 forest trees, roses, brambles, &c., also such local plants as 

 were now restricted to a few unenclosed, undrained, or 



