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constant succession of ungenial Springs. The seasons are, I con- 

 clude, subject to these variations. The series of mild Springs, which 

 ended about the year 1785 or 1786, seems to have begun at least as 

 early as 1749, and to have lasted 36 years. Our present series of cold 

 Springs has yet lasted only 2.3 years. Of course we have 13 bad years 

 to come before we can expect Violets and Narcissuses in January, 

 and Grapes ripe in the beginning of September.' " 



Plants found at Barmouth, Devon. 



The President read the following, by the Rev. D. Broughton : — 

 " I send a list of some of the plants I gathered at Barmouth, last 

 summer. There are several not mentioned in Watson's ' Botanist's 

 Guide.' Anthyllis Vulneraria, Allium vineale, Matthiola sinuata (for- 

 merly abundant ; I could find only three weak plants, not in flower), 

 Campanula hederacea, Dianthus deltoides (abundant on the slope 

 towards Aber Rhanffroch), Sedum reflexum, S. rupestre, S. Forsteri- 

 anum, Anthemis arvensis, A. nobilis (Cwm Bychan), Lamium am- 

 plexicaule, Mercurialis annua, Trifolium fragiferum, Scilla verna 

 (fide Rev. Wm. Jelf ), Viola lutea, Hypericum Androsaemum, Erodium 

 maritimum, Lavatera arborea, Suedia raai'itima, Serratula tinctoria, 

 Sedum Telephium, Crithmum maritimum (sparingly below Aber 

 Rhanffroch), Spiranthes autumnalis, Gentiana Amarella, Vicia Oro- 

 bus (in a hedge about a mile beyond Llaneltyd, on the road to Trawr- 

 fynnydd), Calystegia Soldanella (in the greatest abundance and 

 beauty, especially at Mochras Island), Habenaria chlorantha, H. 

 bifolia, H. viridis, Gymnadenia conopsea (this plant assumes such a 

 different habit, when growing in a bog, fi'om that which it has when 

 growing on dry banks, as, for instance, the chalky south downs near 

 Folkstone, as to suggest the doubt whether they are the same species), 

 Lathyrus sylvestris, Pinguicula vulgaris (growing nearly down to the 

 water's edge), Trollius Europaeus, Saxifraga tridactylites, S. stellaris, 

 S. hypnoides, Carex dioica {cum multis aliis qu(B nunc, 8fc.), Diplo- 

 taxis tenuifolia (Harlech Castle), Euonyraus Europaeus, Mentha 

 rotundifolia (near Hendre Coed), Isoetes lacustris, Silene Anglica, 

 Veronica hybrida (in tolerable abundance on the little rocky knoll 

 just out of Barmouth, on the Harlech road), Narthecium ossifragum. 

 Antirrhinum Orontium, Cakile maritima, Echium vulgare. Geranium 

 sanguineum, Antennaria margaritacea (in one suspicious locality just 

 below the turnpike on the Harlech road), Polypodium Phegopteris, 

 Aspidium Oreopteris, Osmunda regalis, and Botrychium Lunaria." 



