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Huddersfield ; its Histoi'y and Natural History. By Charles C. 

 P. HoBKiRK^ Hon. Sec. of the Huddersfield Literary and Sci- 

 entific Society. With Illustrations. London: Ward and Lock. 

 Huddersfield : B. Brown. 



This comprehensive account of Huddersfield is divided into 

 five sections^ viz. descriptive, historical, geological, botanical, 

 and zoological. In the first section the town itself is described, 

 with its most noted buildings and public institutions. This ac- 

 count of the town, villages, and seats within an easy distance of 

 Huddersfield, is contained in about seventy pages. The histori- 

 cal and geological sections follow, and occupy together about 

 thirty pages. The botany and zoology fill up the remainder of 

 the volume, about sixty pages. Our business is only with the 

 former of these two subjects — botany. 



The soil (sandstone) appears to be very productive, and the fol- 

 lowing are given as examples, viz. Vacciniwn Vitis-idcsa and V. 

 Oxycoccus, Drosera rotundifoUa, Andromeda polifolia, Pinguicula 

 vulgaris, Empetrum nigrum, GnaphaJium dioicum, Samolus Vale- 

 randi, Narthecium Ossifragum, Petasites vidgai'is, var. hybrida, 

 Chrysosplenium alternifolium, Actcea spicata, in Lilywood, seldom 

 found on the sandstone. 



The naturalized plants are Petasites alba, presenting " every 

 appearance of being truly wild,^' Leonurus Cardiaca, Doronicum 

 Pardalianches, Senecio saracenicus, etc. Vinca minor and Saxi- 

 fraga umbrosa, " certainly introduced, but well naturalized by at 

 least fifty years' growth." How many years will entitle them 

 to take rank as denizens, and how many more must elapse ere 

 they can establish their claims to full citizenship? This matter 

 is respectfully referred to S. B., who appears to take more inte- 

 rest in these exiles than any of our contributors. 



This list of Huddersfield rarities, or the names of some of 

 them, will remind our northern readers of the Scottish proverb : 

 " They ne'er saw great dainties that think a haggis a feast." 



The aliens at or near Huddersfield muster in great numbers, 

 both of species and individuals : at least a baker's dozen are in 

 the writer's possession. We are anxious to ascertain what may 

 have been the ultimate fate of these interesting strangers ; the 

 greater part of them, it is to be feared, have passed away with 

 the warm, or rather, hot days of July and August, or have been 



