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Last year, from examination of an imperfect specimen of the 
yellow lily from Sanquhar Loch, I hazarded the opinion that it 
was not V. pumilum as recorded, but NV. intermediwm, and to 
make certain I this season forwarded a few specimens to our 
distinguished member Mr A. Bennett of Croydon, who, always 
willing to lend a helping hand to amateurs, pronounced it to be 
what I surmised it was. This, then, you will observe, is an im- 
portant addition, as at. that time it was only found in two 
localities—viz., Northumberland and Perthshire. Since then, 
however, Mr Jas. Fingland, Thornhill, has found near Moniaive 
a plant apparently similar, but of this Mr Bennett is not yet 
quite assured. The long-headed poppy, Papaver dubium, is 
abundant on the Sanquhar and Kirkconnel railway track, and 
the variety rivalis of Mentha sativa, not previously reported 
from this shire, is in this district the most abundant of all the 
mint tribe. Monk’s rhubarb, Rumex alpinus, has established 
itself near Euchan Head, having probably escaped from the gardens 
there. Juncus supinus is not uncommon, and a variety called 
Jiutans, not noted in the London catalogue, grows abundantly in 
Auchengruith mill-dam. This is a somewhat rare plant, and Mr 
Bennett informs me it has been recorded from Perthshire, Forfar, 
and Ireland. The variety amena of the yellow pansy, as before 
stated, is quite common. Two new willows also deserve mention, 
viz., var. (a) of Saliw purpurea and tetrapla of S. phyllicifolia. 
I may here call attention to the omission of Salix alba from 
our local flora, which, though not a native, is quite as deserving 
a place as S. viminalis, to which the same remark applies. In 
the investigation of the varieties of Rosa canina good progress 
has been made, and I am able to report the following five new 
varieties, viz.:—urbica, dumetorum, tomentella, corizfolia, and 
verticillacantha, and probably pruinosa, and another variety 
coming under no distinct category, resembling verticillacantha in 
all points save the sepals, which are turned up and persistent. 
These make, with those found last year, eleven varieties of the 
dog rose, and from all likelihood more will be discovered. Two 
casuals deserve mention on account of their rarity, viz., Galiwm 
tricorne, found near Sanquhar station, and Symphytwm asperri- 
mum, not a British plant, in a corn field near Auchengruith, and 
probably introduced with seeds. In Kirkconnel parish four new 
plants were discovered, viz.:—TZhalapsi arvensis, near Carco ; 
Anthemis Cotula and Convolvulus arvensis, on the railway 
