BOTANICAL NOTES, NOTICES, AND QUERIES. 191 
[We have collected Lycopodium Selago on the moors of Hindhead, but 
we do not know that this station has been published in the ‘ Phytologist.’ 
We did not notice it on the highest part of the Heath, although it proba- 
bly may grow there. It was rather scarce where we collected it.] 
Agrimonia odorata, Mill—Sir,—I have the pleasure of reporting two 
new localities for Agrimonia odorata, Miller. I gathered it near Niton, 
in the south of the Isle of Wight, on the 11th of last August. On the 
29th of the same month, at a meeting of the Worcestershire Naturalists’ 
Club, it was found in considerable abundance in Tiddesley Wood, Wor- 
cestershire, by a party of botanists, who were exploring the district, under 
the guidance of Mr. Lees, the Vice-President of the Club. ‘The plant 
probably occurs in many parts of the kingdom. W. MaTuews, Jun. 
Pilgrim’s Weed.—Sir,—Your correspondent “J. B.” can scarcely be 
serious in his question respecting the “ Pilgrim’s Weed” of which John 
Bunyan talks; if he is, I beg to submit that he has mistaken the meaning 
of the passage, and attributed to the illustrious Puritan a botanical intent 
of which he is quite innocent. The ‘ Pilgrim’s Weed”’ is rather, I suspect, 
connected with the cockle-shell and sandal shoon, 7. e. the distinguishing 
garb of the Pilgrim. We still use the phrase, “ widow’s weeds,” to de- 
scribe the hideous dress of bereaved women. As far as I can make out, 
“weed” is the Anglo-Saxon ‘‘ weod,” vestis. T. F. RavENsSHAW. 
P.S.—In my “ Notes from South Devon,” in your sixth number, Jnula 
Helenium should have been I. Conyza ; and Anagallis carnea, “ var.,” has 
been printed for 4. carnea, Bab.. 
P.S. No. 2.—A facetious friend has suggested that the “ Pilgrim’s 
Weed” might be ‘ Traveller’s Joy,” or more probably Tobacco. 
Ilfracombe. 
Sir,—lI think “J. B.” (p. 143) has mistaken the sense of the passage he 
refers to, in the second part of the ‘ Pilgrim’s Progress,’ as the context 
shows that it is not a weed, but a dress that is alluded to, shoes and hosen 
beimg spoken of, rags and rents, etc. The old ballad of ‘The Friar of 
Orders Grey’ mentions ‘“ Pilgrim’s weeds,” and I find in Barclay’s Dic- 
tionary that the Saxon word weda, weod, means a garment, cloak, or 
habit, as well as a “‘ herb growing spontaneously.” M. M. Arwoop. 
Clifton Vale, near Bristol. 
Misseltoe.—Inquiry is made (p. 119) about Misseltoe growing on the 
Oak. Though I can scarcely be said to have been an eye-witness of this 
fact, yet I well remember many years ago having seen the late Mr. Dick- 
son, of Covent Garden, just after he had returned from a journey, the 
principal object of which, I believe, was to see with his own eyes the 
Misseltoe growing on the Oak. He brought back with him a small spe- 
cimen, which he showed me, but I quite forget from what part of the 
country it came. Sir Joseph Banks was long sceptical on the subject, but 
said, “‘ If Dickson said he had seen it, he would himself believe it.” To 
the trees mentioned (p. 119) as subject to the growth of Misseltoe, may 
be added the Poplar and the Lime, on both of which it grows copiously, 
and occasionally, though rarely, on the Pear, etc. W. T. BREE. 
Allesly Rectory. 
Sir,—Two or three paragraphs have recently appeared in the ‘ Phy- 
