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Bloxam, W. H. Coleman, W. M. Hind, W. H. 

 Purclias, and Churchill Babington ; Dr. Hewgill, 

 Mr. Garner, Mr. J. T. Harris, Mr. Mott, 

 Mr. W. Birch, Mr. Valentine, and Mr. Ford. In 

 this book several additional plants are mentioned 

 and habitats given on the authority of these 

 botanists. 



1866. "Wild Flowers of Eepton ; " 2nd Edition, 1881, 

 " Flora and Fauna of Repton." The flora in this 

 work is the result of the labours of W. Wyatt and 

 C. G. Thornton, from notes of collections made in 

 1859, 1860, and 1861, with additions by W. M. 

 Sinclair, E. Blumhardt, and W. Nanson, to which 

 Dr. Hewgill also rendered much assistance. This 

 was revised by the late Mr. Garneys, of Repton, 

 with the assistance of Mr. Hagger, by whom more 

 species were added to those contained in the first 

 edition. 



1877. " The Ferns of Derbyshire," with a preface by the 

 Rev. Gerard Smith, B.A., Ob. December 21st, 

 1881. This book appears to have been written after 

 Mr. Smith left Osmaston-by-Ashbourne (of which 

 place he was vicar from 1854 to 1871), and had 

 taken up his residence at Ockbrook, near Derby. 

 At this latter place it was my privilege to visit him 

 frequently and converse with him, not only upon 

 botany, but also upon the things of the Gospel. 

 Mr. Smith had amassed during a long life con- 

 siderable stores of scientific knowledge, which he 

 delighted in imparting to others. But it was as a 

 botanist that his scientific attainments were most 

 marked. During his residence in Derbyshire, 

 first at Osmaston and afterwards at Ockbrook, he 

 accurately noted all the plants that he saw, the 

 benefit of which observations I have reaped through 

 the kindness of the Committee of University 

 College, Nottingham, where his collections are 

 preserved, and by whom I was allowed to make 

 copious extracts from his MSS. for this work, all 

 references to which are distinguished thus, " Smith 

 MSS. 11 Further, not only did Mr. Smith give me 

 much valuable information, but my herbarium was 

 considerably enriched by specimens not only of 

 Derbyshire plants, but also by specimens collected 

 by him in various parts of England and Scotland. 



