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and we should have been left with apparent evidence that the species 

 botanical registrars (I am sorry to say) very probably would have done ; 

 mentioned were old inhabitants of Britain, the seeds of which had re- 

 mained long dormant under water. But how different will the aspect 

 of the case become when the concluding portion of the paragraph is 

 added to the former, in the following terms : 



" and the seeds perhaps brought with flax to the Oil Mills, a 



circumstance which may account for several other scarce plants, not 

 strictly native, being found in the immediate vicinity of Hertford and 

 the river banks, and which, having ourselves met with, we think it 

 right to include." 



No doubt it is right and judicious to mention such plants in a Local 

 Flora ; because, when thus accompanied by explanatory suggestions 

 respecting their origin, the record is rendered a really valuable fact to 

 the botanical geographer; although, if without the full explanation, 

 it might only deceive and mislead him. 



Hewett C. Watson. 

 Thames Ditton, October 4, 1848. 



Note on the Botany of Wiltshire. By T. B. Flower, Esq., F.L.S. 



As I am about preparing for publication, in the pages of the ' Phy- 

 tologist,' Contributions towards a Flora of the County of Wiltshire, I 

 should feel greatly indebted to all those that have botanized in the 

 county if they would favour me with any assistance in forming a cor- 

 rect and as complete a list of the phaenogamous plants and ferns as 

 possible. 



Any observations on the geographical distribution, or remarks on 

 species, together with such localities for the rarer and commoner 

 plants that may be considered of value, are particularly solicited, 

 especially when accompanied with dried specimens. 



T. B. Flower. 

 Seend, near Melksham, Wilts, 

 October 3, 1848. 



