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A. polifolia grew on the moss behind the United Presbyterian 

 Church at Chapel Knowe, a few miles from Canonbie, in 

 Dumfriesshire. 



On Wednesday, 31st May 1899, I drove with my wife 

 from Kershopefoot, in Cumberland, to Chapel Knowe, vid 

 Canonbie. There is a moor with deep peat on the south- 

 east side of the public road, and I discovered A. polifolia 

 growing abundantly as soon as I reached the part of the 

 moor where the peat was not removed for burning. I did 

 not search as far as behind the United Presbyterian manse, 

 as the plant was growing abundantly all over the moss 

 wherever there was a thick deposit of peat, and I got as 

 many specimens in flower as I required. 



On 25th March 1899, I received a letter from Mr. 

 Symers Macvicar, who drew my attention to A. polifolia 

 having been recorded as having been found in the Island of 

 Jura, in Walker's " Essays on jSTatural History and Ptural 

 Economy," published in 1812, pp. 248-251. The 

 author of this work was the Eev. John Walker, D.D., 

 Professor of Natural History in the University of Edinburgh. 

 At p. 250 he writes: "It was found beginning to flower, 

 the 27th of June, in the deep turf bogs of Jura, with its 

 roots creeping for a great length in the Sphagnum palustre, 

 Linn." It appears to me that it was probably nearly over 

 flowering when seen by the Eev. Dr. Walker, instead of, as 

 he states, beginning to flower. 



In the " Annals of Scottish Natural History " for April 

 1899, at p. 121, Mr. Ptobert Godfrey mentions that he 

 collected a single plant of A. jwlifolia in flower on 8th May 

 1895, on the Auchincorth Moss, which is near Penicuik. 

 It seems unusual to find only one plant, as at the stations 

 with which I am acquainted it is generally growing 

 abundantly and scattered over considerable areas. 



On 13th May 1899, I drove with my wife from 

 Kershopefoot to a part of the hillroad to Langholm about 

 four miles from Xewcastletou, and on the way met Mr. 

 John Elliot, who went with us. He pointed out the place 

 where the A. polifolia grows most abundantly. We got the 

 specimens just coming into flower. This station is in 

 Eoxburghshire. 



My next visit to this station was on 27th May, when 



