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sibly have saved your correspondent's animadversions^ by fur- 

 nishing the " further manifestations" he seems to have expected. 

 It appears almost superfluous to remind the writer that, as the 

 opinion of '^ nearly every one'' at the Battersea Park Show was 

 communicated to me by him at the time in terms precisely syno- 

 nymous to those in the said letter, it would have been a work of 

 supererogation to have intruded any further notice of my oats in 

 quarters where the firm he represents has so great influence. 



Happily, however, another year's careful cultivation of the 

 oats has warranted experienced agriculturists of the north of 

 England in still retaining opinions entirely hostile to that of 

 "nearly every one" at the Battersea Park Show. 



I may further be allowed to state, at the risk of trespassing 

 too much on your valuable space, that it is my intention to re- 

 cultivate the original camp-ground next season, when I have no 

 doubt the specimens with heads resembling onions will be brought 

 permanently into the catalogue of mortal realities. In the mean- 

 time, the number of intending purchasers of the specimens al- 

 ready exhibited continues weekly to increase. 



James Binks. 



Pepper Moor, Ahmick, May lUh, 1863. 



BOTANICAL NOTES. 



1. Petasites vulgaris (Phytol., June, 1862) grows abundantly 

 on the Surrey bank of the Thames, between Putney and Ham- 

 mersmith Bridges, near to the latter. On the ascent, shortly 

 before reaching Hammersmith Bridge, Ei'ysimum cheiranthoides 

 is very plentiful. Verbascuni nigrum and Diplotaxis tenuifolia 

 grow on the piece of waste ground immediately on the west side 

 of the bridge. 



2. I have received to-day (May 5) specimens of Paris quadri- 

 folia and Dentaria bulbifera, from a wood in the immediate neigh- 

 bourhood of High Wycombe, Bucks. 



3. The following less common plants were found in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Stock, Essex, on the 4th ult. : — Lepidium Smithii, 

 Chelidonium majus, Veronica Buxbaumii, V. montana, Ajuga 

 reptans (a white variety), Galeobdolon luteimi, Lysimachia nemo- 

 rum, Vinca major (in a suspected locality), V. minor, Orchis 

 Morio, a white variety of Agraphis nutans, Convallaria majalis, 



