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Trifolium repens, the Saint coiild easily procure, as it grows everywhere ; 

 he had merely to stoop and pick up an illustrative example of " three in 

 one," and one developed into three. He might have hunted for days ere he 

 had the hap to light upon Wood Sorrel. It is unphilosophical to reason 

 on what is not a fact. It is not true that botanists deny the identity of 

 Shamrock and Trefoil. A few of the fraternity, who wish to appear wiser 

 than their brethren, may^idvocate the claims of Wood Sorrel, but some 

 aft'ect paradoxes. E. 



Cowslips of Jerusalem, or Jerusalem Cowslips. 

 (See ' Phytologist,' n. s., vol. iv. p. 320.) 



Parkinson, in his 'Paradisus,' p. 248, London, 1629, informs his readers 

 that there are several kinds of Jerusalem Cowslips, viz. : — 



"1. Pulmoncma maculosa, common spotted Cowslips of Jerusalem." — 

 This is Tulmonaria officinalis, Linn. 



",2. Pidmonaria altera non maculosa, imspotted Cowslips of Jerusalem." 

 — This is only a variety of the above. 



" 3. Pulmonaria antjiistifolia, naiTow-leaved Cowslips of Jenisalem." — 

 These have also spotted leaves, but the leaves are longer and rougher than 

 in Nos. 1 and 3.. 



" The Place. — The Cowslips of Jerusalem grow naturally in the woods 

 of Germany, in divers places, and the first kind in England also, found out 

 by John Goodier, a great searcher and lover of plants, dwelling at Maple- 

 durham, in Plampshire. 



" They flower for the most part very early, that is, in the beginning of 

 April. 



" In English they are diversely called, as Spotted Cowslips of Jenisa- 

 lem, Sage of Jerusalem, Lungwort, and Spotted Comfrey." Z. 



An Intruder, 



In June, 1858, I observed Orohanclie minor growing upon Clover in a 

 paddock that had been laid down the preceding year. In 1859 I observed 

 it in the same place, and also among a collection of Caj^e Pelargoniums 

 standing in a greenhouse situated upon an eminence, at a considerable ele- 

 vation above the paddock, and about two hundred yards from it, and qiiite 

 out of sight of it. It did not confine itself to one species, but grew indis- 

 criminately upon several with very opposite habits, as the hard-wooded 

 P. ternatnm and P. citrodoritm, the succulent soft-wooded P. ecJi'maUmi, and 

 the tuberous-rooted P. triste, but I did not observe it growing upon any 

 species belonging to either of the subgenera Iloareu or Phymatantlms. In 

 the present year, in adcUtion to growing upon Pelargoniums, it grew upon 

 SoncJius plati/lepls and various other plants, as well as upon a gesneraceous 

 plant in the stove. John Lloyd. 



Venus's Looking-glass. 



Can you or any of your correspondents kindly inform me if the Speed- 

 well has ever been known by the name ' of Venus's Looking-glass ? I 

 have always heard this name bestowed on Specnlaria Speculum (a garden 



