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Maidstone ; it is in the wood, above the house at Barngit, and in a line 

 beTweeh Tliat house and the lane that goes from Barmiiig Heath through 

 the wood to the ' North Pole.' The Box has been there many years, but 

 it is^^robable it may have been planted as a cover for game, as it is not 

 more than a quarter of a mile from the park palings of Teston Court. 

 It is sometimes gathered and dried by the natives for some use of which 

 I am ignorant." 



Carr Ilill, Mossley, near Ashton-under-Lyne, 

 • Lancashire, March 2nd, 1863. 



To the Editor of the ' Pliytologist.^ 



Sir, — Will you have the kindness to allow me the privilege of appealing 

 to the numerous readers of your valuable journal on behalf of the mem- 

 bers of our Botanic Society at Mossley, who, through the stopping of 

 our mills for cotton, are now undergoing the most severe privations. I 

 need not tell you how long the cotton famine has existed, nor of the dread- 

 ful ordeal through which we have so far passed, as the various news- 

 papers have made you acquainted with these things in a great measure. 

 If some of our wealthy friends, in those parts of the country, where the 

 stagnation of trade has not reached, will kindly lend us their assistance, 

 we shall feel exceedingly grateful. Anything they may have to spare, 

 either in money or clothing, will be very thankfully received, and shall be 

 glad to make any return that lies in our power. Parties wishing for spe- 

 cimens of such things as grow within 20 miles of Mossley, shall be served 

 to the best of our power. We have got a veiy fair share of Mosses, and 

 Ferns : among the latter, Botrycliium Limaria, OpJtioglossiim vulgatum, 

 Cijdoperis fragiUs, C. deutata, and Folypodium vulgaris, P. Fhegoptaris, 

 F. Dy-gopteris, P.calcareum, Aspleniiimrida-nmraria, A. Trichomanes, etc. 

 These and others grow in such profusion, that as your Barmouth cor- 

 respondent observes, there is no fear of them being destroyed. Parties 

 willing to contribute anything to our assistance, or in want of any speci- 

 mens we can furnish, will please send to the above address, and they will 

 be cheerfully attended to, or any gentleman coming our way will be ac- 

 companied to any part of our neighbourhood. Fully relying on the kind- 

 ness of the brethren of our craft, I remain, on behalf of the members of 

 the Mossley Botanic Society, yours truly, 



James Walkeb, Co/t. Member. 



Keference : D. H. Buckley, Esq., J. P., of Carr Hill, 



Anemone apennina. 



It may be interesting to your readers to learn that Anemone apennina is 

 an inhabitant of the North Wolds of Lincolnshire, whence I received 

 specimens at the end of April last. Its locality is in Brocklesby Park, the 

 seat of the Earl of Yarborough, where it covers several acres of ground in 

 the immediate vicinity of the mausoleum, and is thoroughly established. 

 Brocklesby Park is near the small town of Caistor, in the neighbourhood 

 of which several rare plants are to be found, e.g. Brosera longifolia, 

 Corydalis solida, Oxalis stricia, Trifolium arvense. Spiraea Filipendula, S. 

 salicifolia, Epilobium angustifolium, Gentiana Fneumonanthe, Atropa Bel- 

 ladonna., Linaria minor^ Galeopsis versicolor, Finguicida vulgaris, Anagallis 



