30 Lincolnshire Notes & Queries* , 



out of specimens even tender plant colours for weeks. I 

 have by me some plants bottled in paraffin in June, 1892, as an 

 experiment ; the colours of the Forget-me-not, common 

 *" rimrose, and red garden variety, Veronica (7. Cham&drys^ 

 L.), Daisy, and Dandelion, are still clearly distinguishable. 

 When once bottled up and fully labelled, interesting finds can 

 be sent on the most convenient opportunity to the nearest 

 botanist, entomologist, &c., as the case may require. 



E. ADRIAN WOODRUFFE-PE ACOCK. 

 Cadney Vicarage^ Brigg. 



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THE GOAT WILLOW. Salix Caprea^ L. The common 

 hive-bee (Apis Mellifica, L.) in scores were very busy 

 gathering honey from a goodly-sized male tree of this 

 species in Poolthorn Cover, Howsham, on March 2ist, a very 

 mild Spring-like day. On examination of a male catkin the 

 other sex is not yet open the wedge-shaped nectary, which is 

 to be found at the back of the two stamens, i.e., between the 

 essential organs of the flower and the stalk of the catkin, 

 could be clearly seen tipped with honey. Observation was 

 attracted to the tree by the humming of the bees. Notes on 

 bees or any insects frequenting the catkins of other species of 

 willows will be thankfully received, if specimens of the leaves 

 and flowers accompany them. 



THE EDITOR. 



THE LINCOLNSHIRE RYE-GRASS. Lolium perenne^ L. 

 stoloniferum, G. Sinclair. " A specimen of the stolon- 

 iferous rye-grass was communicated by Mr, Whitworth, 

 from his extensive collection at Acre House. Of late years 

 much has been done in discovering new and improved varieties 

 of Lolium perenne. Mr. Whitworth has devoted much 

 attention to this subject, and the talents, judgment, and success 

 he has displayed in this important inquiry, deserve very great 

 praise. His collection of the varieties of Lolium perenne, in 

 1823 amounted to the surprising number of sixty." G. 

 Sinclair's Hort. Gram. Wobur. London, 1825. The Acre 

 House in which Mr. Whitworth lived has disappeared from 

 Normanby-le-Wold ; but the site of its garden,? where he 

 carried on his experiments on the varieties of Rye Grass, is 



