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A Brood of Hei)«ehogk in a Town Garden. — On Wednesday, Sep- 

 tenibftr Gth, there was discovered in the f,'iirden of the Abbey, Burton- 

 on-Trent, a brood of six fine youn^; Hedgehogs. The garden is 

 bounded on one side by the River Trent, and on two others by walls, 

 the approach to the remaining side lying through a densely populated 

 pa.rt of the town ; and for the last eight years at least no Hedgehogs 

 have been seen in the garden. It is difficult t ) understand how the 

 brood just discovered got there, (.'an any of your readers suggest an 

 explanation of the problem. — Chas. F. Thornewill, Burton-on-Trent. 



New Localities for Rare Warwickshire Plants. — Receutl3' I have 

 found Comantm palu'itre in abundance iu a marsh near Tile Hill; 

 Spivcca FilipenduJa in dry pastures near Alveston Heath ; and llo^a 

 coWna and E. casia in hedges near Tile Hill. All these are rare in the 

 county. — J. E. Bagnall. 



New AsconoLUS. — A fortnight ago I found a small Ascobolus on 

 cow-dung at Water Orton which I was unable to name. I sent speci- 

 mens to the well-known specialist in this group of fungi, Mr. W. 

 Phillips, of Shrewsbury, and he decided it to be a species, Axcoholus 

 mlnutiAnimu^, Boud., not hitherto found in Britain. It is therefore a 

 welcome addition to our local Flora. — W. B. Grove, B.A., Sept. 20th. 



QSnantiie Lachenalii, Gmeh, as a Warwickshire Plant. — In the early 

 part of August of the jiresent year I found (Enantlie LacliemiUi fairly 

 abundant in a marshy coppice near Stratford-upon-Avon. This is an 

 interesting addition to the Warwickshn-e flora, and the more so from 

 the fact of its being a semi-littoral plant, choosing rather salt-water 

 marshes and the banks of tidal rivers than a fresli-water marsh in an 

 inland county. In a wood near the marsh mentioned, I also found another 

 maritime plant, Carex distniis. The Rev. W. W. Newbould in a recent 

 communication, remarks "I have a suspicion that it ( CEnaiitlie Lachenalii ) 

 is a plant becoming extinct in Warwickshire rather than a recent im- 

 portation. It is curious that so many plants usually found under sea 

 infiaences should grow thereabout ; e.fi ., Juncus Gerardi, Care'x 

 dixtann, Apiinn fjravi'olemt, all growing within a few miles of the same 

 place." I ftiUy agree with the opinions of Mr. Newbould, and can 

 state that in addition to the plants he mentions we also find in other 

 parts of the Avon basm, Samolus Vulerandi, Jluine.v maritiiiius, Scirpu:i 

 Ttibenueiitontaui, and Sc!rpu< maritiimt.'^, and I think that a careful exami- 

 nation of the localities where these occur would also lead to the finding 

 of Glaux maritivia. — J. E. Baunall. 



|lcprts of .Sotictics. 



BIRMINGHAM NATURAL HISTORY AND MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY.— 

 Geological, Section. — August 29th.— Mr. T. H. Waller, exhibited miscroscopical 

 sections of Pre-Cambrian rock from Caldecott, near Nuneaton ; Mr. C. A. 

 Matley, a collection of fossiliferous quartzite pebbles, from the drift near 

 Birmingham, some Sand Martin's eggs, with i^eculiar markings, and a few 

 agates, earnelians, and onyxes, from i uenos Aj'res ; Jlr. ('. Mantell, jun., two 

 fossil corals, Isastrtea ohlonga (Oolite,) and Favosites cervicornis (Devonian,) 

 both from Torquay ; Mr. G. P. • hantrill, of the Liverpool Microscopical Society, 

 a leaf of An'iclinriis alsinastnini, with a curious fungus growtn showing some 

 beautiful crystals ; also some curious and interesting crystallisation iu cast-iron 

 and Portland cement. General JIeetinc — September .")th. -'Sir. \V. G. Blatch 



