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use the Edinburgh Society's Catalogue, affixing an asterisk in red ink 

 to the name of each species in the herbarium. In this way the col- 

 lection may be kept in beautiful order, and at all times in a state of 

 readiness for convenient reference. — Wm. L. Notcutt ; Fareham, 

 June 2, 1843. 



325. Friendly Hint to Subscribers. I am very sorry to perceive, 

 from the cover to ' The Phytologist ' for June, that its circulation does 

 not pay its expenses. Might I presume to suggest, that if each sub- 

 scriber would endeavour to obtain, among his botanical friends, one 

 additional subscriber, it would relieve the magazine from its difficul- 

 ties, and continue to us a periodical which has hitherto been very in- 

 teresting and useful, and which will, I trust, long maintain its stand- 

 ing. — Id. 



326. Note on Veronica Buxbaumii and V. triphyllos. I enclose a 

 specimen of Veronica Buxbaumii, and also one of V. triphyllos, both 

 of which have been discovered this spring within two miles of York, 

 the former in a clover field, the latter on a sandy bank. I observe 

 that V. triphyllos is mentioned by Sir W. J. Hooker as being found 

 in Yorkshire, though accompanied with a query. — Silvanus Thomp- 

 son ; Friends'' School, York, 6th Month 5, 1843. 



327. Note on the Habitats of Equisetum Jiuviatile, Sm. I went 

 the other day, with my friend Mr. Sparkes, to Norwood, and minutely 

 examined the station where I found Equisetum fluviatile last summer. 

 After reading the discordant statements which have lately appeared in 

 *The Phytologist' respecting the habits of this plant, we felt a desire 

 to prove whether any specimens of it would be found actually in the 

 water. It was growing most plentifully on the steep bank alluded to 

 by me in the August number (Phytol. 295), but much more sparingly 

 on the small piece of wet ground between that and the pond ; yet a 

 few stems were found close to the water's edge. There was not, how- 

 ever, a single specimen that actually grew in the water. It is worthy 

 of remark, too, that by far the most luxuriant specimens were those 

 which grew on the bank ; those about the pond being much more 

 stunted in appearance. All the authorities within my reach assign a 

 station for Equisetum fluviatile near rivers and lakes ; but none speak 

 of it as actually growing in water. I send you a specimen of my 

 plant, to remove all doubts as to identity. The spot where it grows, 

 is not more than a hundred yards from the top of Westow Hill, Nor- 

 wood, going towards Dulwich. — Wm. Holt; Bromley, Kent, June 5, 

 1843. 



328. Note on Centranthus Calcitrapa. The following notice of 



