280 BOTANICAL NOTES, NOTICES, AND QUERIES. [Novembev. 



from Kent and Nottingham, where it is said to be abundant, belong to 

 the true C. hedercefolium ? Q. 



John Barton, Chichester, will be glad to receive any of the following : 

 Thlaspi alpedre. Ranunculus Jiirsiitus, I'uniaria viicrantha, F. capreolata, 

 Areyiarla ciliata. Geranium pliceum. Astragalus Glycyphyllos, Rosa Sab'mi, 

 R. tomentosa, R. Systyla, Meum athamanticum, Ligusticum scoticum; offering 

 in exchange, Ornithogalum jjyrenaicum, Scilla autumnalis, Orchis ustii- 

 lata, Epipactis grandiftora, E. ensifolia, Luzula spicata, Juncus trijidus, 

 Carex rariflora, C. digitata, Agrostis setacea, Gastridium lendigerum. 



MUSTAKD. 



(Phyt. vol. ii. p. 223.) Diez, in his 'Worterbuch der Eomanischen 

 Sprachen,' says that mustard is derived from the Latin mustum, " well es 

 mit Most angemacht wird" — because it is made with must. According 

 to the ' Penny Cyclopaedia' (art. Sinapis) it is derived from mustum ardens ; 

 and all the languages descended from the Latin have adopted a term de- 

 rived apparently from this source : — French, moutarde ; ItaKan and Por- 

 tuguese, mostarda ; Spanish, mostaza. When and where was it the cus- 

 tom to mix mustard with must ? and was mustum ardens ever a term in 

 ifse, or is it merely an invented etymology ? K. 



Wild Cherries. 

 A correspondent asks the following question : — What is the tree which 

 grows abundantly in the west parts of Buckinghamshire [what parts?], 

 from which large quantities of small black cherries used to be brought to 

 market in their season in baskets covered with Rteris aquilina ? There is a 

 Cheny north of Ashey Downs, Isle of Wight, called the Meny, and a feast 

 is held annually near Sandown, called the Cherry feast. Is there any 

 Wild Cherry, of a red colour, fit to eat ? S. B. 



What kind of chalk, lotcer, middle, or upper, crops out on the hiUs in 

 Berkshire above Streatley ? There the Anemone Pulsatilla grows plentifully. 

 See ' Phytologist,' ii. p.'243, Oct. 1857. 



Communications have been received from 



Benjamin Camngton, M.D. ; J. E. S. ; S. B. (two communications) ; 

 J. B.; M. F. Powler; John Lloyd; P. B. W. ; G. E. S. ; J. P. ; John 

 E. Sowerby ; Charles Howie ; M. W. ; Isabella Gifford ; Thomas Moore, 

 F.L.S. : John Barton ; F. B. W. 



BOOKS RECEIVED FOR REVIEW. 



Moore's Handbook of British Ferns ; Third Edition. 

 Sowerby' s British Grasses ; Part the First. 

 Natural History Review, for October. 



EEEATA IN OCTOBER NUMBEE. 



Page 243, ninth line from top, /or but two, read all but two; also, page 255, 

 mnth line from to^, for in Henfield, read near Henfield. 

 List of Communications, for Cowler, read Fowler. 



