CONTENTS 



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THE WILD-FLOWERS OF SELBORNE . . i 



GILBERT WHITE 9 



THE USE OF SIMPLES 17 



POT-HERBS 29 



WILD FRUITS 41 



WALL-FLOWERS 51 



OUR POISONOUS PLANTS 59 



FLOWERS OF THE FIELD -Ji 



THE DISAPPEARANCE OF PLANTS ... 87 



SOME ADDITIONS TO OUR NATIVE FLORA 99 



THE FLORA OF HANTS 109 



ESSEX AND THE EARLY BOTANISTS . . 121 



THE ESSEX MARSHES 135 



MARY RICH, COUNTESS OF WARWICK . . 143 

 IZAAK WALTON AT DROXFORD . . .157 

 AN "ANCIENT MARKET - TOWNE" : TITCH- 



FIELD 173 



A VILLAGE BY THE SEA: PORTCHESTER . 191 



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