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without a word of comment, and in such form as to make it appear a 

 genuine native. 



Various circumstances combine to give more than ordinary interest 

 to a 'Flora of Forfarshire.' Wide diversities of elevation, and conse- 

 quently of climate, within an area of small extent, offered excellent 

 opportunities and facilities for giving a philosophical character to its 

 published Flora. The botanico-historical and scientific interest 

 which attaches to its localities, through the discoveries of Don, the 

 writings of Smith, and the recorded visits of the Scottish professors 

 and many other distinguished botanists, also add no little to its bo- 

 tanical importance. It is the consideration of such circumstances as 

 these which has given a more general character to our present re- 

 marks; and lest it be thought that Mr. Gardiner's volume has suffered 

 by being thus subjected to a more trying comparison than usual with 

 such local publications, we take leave to repeat our honest conviction 

 that, if taken by itself, apart from such considerations and the remarks 

 which may have flowed from them, the ' Flora of Forfarshire' is a va- 

 luable and acceptable addition to the published records of British 

 Botany. 



C. 



Remarks on certain " Excluded Species " placed at the end of the 

 1 London Catalogue? By Joseph Sidebotham, Esq. 



At the conclusion of the second edition of the ' London Catalogue ' 

 is a list of excluded species, in which I am sorry to see the names of 

 several favourites, besides a considerable number of species which I 

 always considered on the authority of others as fully naturalized. 

 Would it not be well for every reader of the ' Phytologist ' to look 

 over the list, and if he can restore any of the species to an honourable 

 place in our flora, to do so through the medium of its pages ? 



Allow me to notice one or two. 



Oxalis stricta. — I know little of the localities for this plant in the 

 south of England. Mr. Ralfs sent specimens some years ago, which 

 were the first I ever saw: they were from the neighbourhood of 

 Penzance. It is rather a common plant here, occurring as a weed in 

 many gardens and nursery -grounds. In some gardens and potato- 

 fields near Didsbury it is quite a troublesome weed, and my late 

 friend E. S. Wilson found it equally common in the neighbourhood of 

 Congleton. 



