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" H. G. G.," of Great Yarmouth, is hereby thanked for his list of Nor- 

 folk rare plants, which we hope and wish may be increased. His white 

 varieiy of Lam uan pia-purenm is rare, but it has been recorded previously 

 to the receipt of his report. (See ■'London Flora,' p. 135, 1st ed., 1838.) 

 " Var. with a pure white flower, near Donyland, Esses." And again in 

 ' Handbook of British Plants,' p. 428, "Corolla purple (rarely white)." We 

 hope H. G. G. will succeed in rediscovering Seiieclu palustris. 



" C. J. A.," of Preston, has our warmest acknowledgments for his 

 contributions. 



"J. S.," of Perth, will receive a private missive, by way of answering 

 some of his queries, long before the Greek kalends, and before he can 

 send us a full, true, and circumstantial account of a Gaberluuzie man who 

 turned up his nose at the ofter of an alms of sixpence, or of a genuine 

 Highlander who declined a pinch of snuif. 



To " E. B. P.," of VVimbledon. — Is there no place nearer to^ Wimbledon 

 than Ham, where Chelldunium wajns grows ? Since the list of Surrey 

 plants appeared in the ' Phytologist,' Tecsdalia niidicaulis, McencJda erecta, 

 Bosa spbiosmima, and R. rulnginom have been seen on Barnes Common. 

 The latter species of Rose was not growing in the hedges, its usual 

 habitat, but ou the open space, associated with the Burnet Eose. 



At the same time Acoriis Calamus was seen in flower iu its old habitat. 

 One of our correspondents showed us another locality for this rare spe- 

 cies, near the reservoir on Putney Heath, close to Wimbledon Common. 



Many have looked for Leotnirus Cardiaca in Combe Lane, but unsuc- 

 cessfully; no report of its being seen there in recent times has reached us. 

 Epiloblum angiistifolium, like ]\Iotherwort, might have grown near " Piobin 

 Hood," and both might have been equally indebted to garden culture for 

 their appearance in these two places, which are not a hundred miles 

 asunder. The French Willow-herb, however, has a better reputation than 

 its quondam, neighbour. This handsome species grows wild in many 

 parts of Surrey ; for example, between Farnborough and Woking, by the 

 railway ; also in Weston Wood, Albury, etc. 



It is very much to be wished that the zealous and successful botanists 

 of Wimbledon and Mitcham would try to rediscover the Vernal Figwort, 

 a rare plant, which was seen in its old habitat near the ancient Wands- 

 worth and Merstham Tramway, and within half a mile of Mitcham church, 

 less than ten years ago. Last year, 1861, we made an unsuccessful at- 

 tempt to see it again. A greater success, it is to be hoped, will reward 

 the eflbrts of the botanists resident near Mitcham, Merton, or Wimbledon. 

 It woidd be delightful to have a ramble along the sea-border of the 

 Mull of Canty re, especially with so intelligent and efficient a companion 

 as " J. L.," of Campbelltown. But the International Exhibition, and 

 other Metropolitan attractions, will fix us near town this season. We 

 hope sposa carissima will have a new bonnet ere we visit Argyleshire. 

 Sfcenhammcra maritima is an attractive object, but it wiU not blow and 

 blush unseen on the much-sounding shores of the Atlantic, even though 

 we do not go thither to ofl'er our admirations at its shrine. 



To our most estimable correspondent, " C. H.," of St. Andrew's, our 

 humble and hearty thanks are hereby tendered for his ' Essay on British 

 Ferns and their Allies,' which was read to the members of the Botanical 



