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and reminded me forcibly of the beds of seedling Rhododendrons 

 that one occasionally sees in nnrseries. Near to the same spot^, in 

 a similar soil, and with the same aspect, grows Lastrea Foenisecii. 

 I had also the good fortune, early in the spring, to meet with 

 Carex digitata, in the same valley. I did not find merely a few 

 solitary roots, but it was generally dispersed throughout the 

 valley. Dried specimens of any of the above-named plants, I 

 am agreeable to exchange or give to any lover of botany. 



Tredk. Reynolds. 



Ai/ton, near ScarborougJi, 19th June, 1861. 



. BOTANICAL PKOFESSORSHIP, CAMBKIDGE. 



The readers of the ' Phytologist,' and British botanists in 

 general, will be well pleased to hear that " Charles Cardale Ba- 

 bington, Esq., M.A., of St. John's College, F.R.S., F.L.S., etc., 

 was unanimously elected Professor of Botany, in the room of the 

 late very sincerely lamented Professor Henslow." Mr. Babington 

 is well known as the author of the ' Manual of British Botany,' 

 a work which placed our Flora in its real relationship with the 

 vegetation of Europe, as expounded by continental botanists; 

 and which has extended the knoAvledge of our native plants more 

 than any work since the publication of the ' English Flora ' of 

 Sir J. E. Smith. Very great progress has been made in the 

 accurate distinction and critical comparison of our native plants, 

 since the general circulation of the Manual. Professor Babington 

 is also the author of a Flora of the Channel Islands, a Flora of 

 Bath and its environs, and of a Flora of Cambridgeshire, recently 

 reviewed in the ' Phytologist.' He is, besides, one of the editors 

 of the 'Annals of Natural History,' and is distinguished as an 

 antiquary by his work 'Ancient Cambridgeshire,' 



He is, besides, one of the valued contributors to our pages ; 

 and we have much pleasure in announcing to our readers the 

 above intelligence, and hope that the Professor may long enjoy 

 the honourable position in which he has been placed by the 

 unanimous choice of the authorities of his Alma Mater. 



