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seeds of which, there seemed reason to believe, had been intro- 

 duced along with wool, the refuse of which is not unfrequently 

 used to spread over cultivated, fields. The species forwarded by 

 Mr. Hobkirk were : LeguminoscB, — two British, Medicago macu- 

 lata and denticulata ; Grammece, — one British, Polypogon mons- 

 peliensis ; four south European, Lappago racemosa, Phalaris 

 paradoxa, Digitaria sanguinalis, and Echinochloa Crus-galli ; one 

 West Indian, Chloris compressa. He mentioned also having re- 

 ceived from the Rev. Gr. Finder, Medicago denticulata, and an 

 Australian species, Erodiufn cygnorum, which had occurred under 

 similar circumstances in the vicinity of Guiseley. 



" West Yorkshire. — Potentilla fruticosa : Mr. Hobkirk sends 

 a specimen of this species from a field near Bretton Park, ten 

 miles from Huddersfield, where it grew along with Impatiens 

 Noli-me-tangere. The Potentilla is registered in the Mag, Nat. 

 Hist, as growing on the limestone tract near Doncaster, but I 

 am not aware upon what personal authority the record rests, nor 

 that the plant has been seen there lately. The Impatiens is not 

 known as a spontaneous plant elsewhere in Yorkshire. This sta- 

 tion merits further investigation. 



"East Yorkshire. — Convolvulus Soldanella: Mr. Baines in- 

 forms me that this species, which is new to Yorkshire, has been 

 found this season amongst the sand-hills of the Holderness coast, 

 near Withernsea, by Mr. Smith, of Hull." 



Worcestershire Journal, a Weekly Periodical of News, Politics, etc. 



To an unknown correspondent we are indebted for a copy of 

 this paper, from which the following extract is taken : — 



"WORCESTERSHIRE NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB. 



" The members of this Chib held their Midsummer meeting on Friday 

 last, within the dense umbrage of Wyre Forest, near Bewdley, one of the 

 few remnants of ancient woodland yet remaining in the country. The 

 muster was at Kidderminster, from whence carriages took the party 

 tlirough Bewdley, a short distance beyond Mopson's Cross, on the Cleo- 

 bury road, and here scientific exploration commenced amidst delicious 



