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With Filago apiculata in a field on the left of the road from Farn- 

 borough Station to Frimley (Surrey), on the Hants side of the stream 

 (Blackwater River) that divides the two counties; Mr. H. C. Watson 

 (in litt.). Perhaps not so uncommon a plant with us in Hants as it 

 appears to be, since the eye is not readily attracted by it, excepting 

 when specially on the look-out for its occurrence, owing to its small 

 size and resemblance to other and commoner species of the order, 

 and above all, because its minute yellow heads of flowers only open, 

 as Curtis observes, at 9 a. m., and close about 2 p. m. ; whereas those 

 of H. radicata do not observe the same brief vigils, but continue ex- 

 panded throughout the day. 



Hypochasris radicata. Very common almost everywhere in mea- 

 dows, pastures and waste places, on banks and along hedges, &c. ; 

 often a troublesome weed on lawns and grass-plats. Var. &. Leaves 

 glabrous and shining, somewhat fleshy. Common on the banks of 

 debris in Sandown Bay, between that village and Shanklin, August, 

 1842. Involucres sometimes quite smooth, but most usually hispid, 

 with erect whitish hairs or bristles. N.B. Achyrophorus {Hypoch<e- 

 ris, L.) maculatus should be looked for on chalky pastures and 

 downs in this county, with the greatest likelihood, perhaps, of suc- 

 cess towards its northern boundary. 



Wm. A. Bromfield. 



Eastmount House, Ryde, Isle of Wight, 

 January 30, 1849. 



(To be continued). 



Botanical and Conchological Specimens. 



The North of England Agricultural School is situated at Great Ay- 

 ton, near the market town of Stokesley, in the beautiful district of 

 Yorkshire called Cleveland, which extends along the extremity of the 

 vale of the Tees and the shore of the German Ocean to Whitby. It 

 was established by the Society of Friends, in 1841, for the education 

 of boys and girls not members of that Society, but who had some 

 claim on their care, from their ancestors having been members, or 

 their parents attending the meetings of Friends. The agricu ltural 

 pursuits of the scholars occasioning their being a considerable por- 

 tion of time each day in the fields and gardens, the friends of the 

 School thought it desirable that the study of Botany should be intro- 



