CONTENTS 



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THE WILD-FLOWERS OF SELBORNE . . i 



GILBERT WHITE 9 



THE USE OF SIMPLES 17 



POT-HERBS 29 



WILD FRUITS 41 



WALL-FLOWERS 51 



OUR POISONOUS PLANTS 59 



FLOWERS OF THE FIELD 73 



THE DISAPPEARANCE OF PLANTS ... 87 



SOME ADDITIONS TO OUR NATIVE FLORA 99 



THE FLORA OF HANTS 109 



ESSEX AND THE EARLY BOTANISTS . . 121 



THE ESSEX MARSHES 135 



MARY RICH, COUNTESS OF WARWICK . . 143 

 IZAAK WALTON AT DROXFORD . . .157 

 AN "ANCIENT MARKET - TOWNE" : TITCH- 



FIELD 173 



A VILLAGE BY THE SEA: PORTCHESTER . 191 



