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and Paris qvadrifolia are to be found in the district referred 

 to. The first four I have certainly never met with between 

 Whiteleaf Cross and Tring, but I am not quite certain whether 

 I have found the fifth there or not. 



I may as well mention that a ramble of a very few miles, in a 

 north-westerly direction, from Whiteleaf Cross, will bring one 

 to the most prolific station I am acquainted with for the Fri- 

 tillaria Meleagris. It is, I believe, on a farm called Waldridge ; 

 but, at any rate, it is near the hamlet of Ford, in the parish of 

 Dinton, The field in which the plant grows is known through- 

 out the neighbourhood, and, as I am informed, even so far as 

 Aylesbury, by the name of the " Crowcup Field," and many 

 persons walk from miles round to gather the flowers every year. 

 I have been told that Thalictrum flavum flourishes in the same 

 locality as the Fritillary, but I have never seen it there. I have 

 seen Fritillaria growing in two other places, one at Great Mun- 

 den, Herts, recorded by the reverend author of the ' Herts 

 Flora,' to whom- 1 had the pleasure of being introduced some 

 years since, and the other not far from hence (' Flora of 

 Preston,' part ii.), but in neither place is it so plentiful as in 

 the Bucks locality. 



Having mentioned Dinton, I may state that the following are 

 some of the scarcer plants to be found in that parish : — 

 Galeopsis Ladanum, Campanula hybrida, Linaria spuria, Thlaspi 

 arvense, Sambucus Ebulus, Erysimum cheiranthoides, Hyoscy- 

 amus niger, Origanum vulgare, Rumex maritimus, Bryonia 

 dioica, Tamus communis, and a Rhatnnus, I forget whether ca- 

 tharticus or Frangula. 



TODMOEDEN BOTANICAL SOCIETY. 



{From the Todmorden Post, March 9th.) 



The monthly meeting of the energetic members of this Society 

 was held on March 4th, Mr. Stansfield in the chair, when the 

 excursions for the coming season were arranged. The times and 

 places are as follow: — 1st, March 30, Ramsden Wood; 2nd, 

 May 4, Sheddin Clough ; 3rd, June 1, Dentdale, Sedbergh ; 4th, 

 June 29, Whitcley Dean ; 5th, August 3rd, Grand Excursion, 

 North Wales ; 6th, August 31, Silverdale ; 7th, October 5, Grieve 

 Clough and Boldsworth ; 8th, November 2, Thieveley Scouts. 



