28 Field Notes. 



beat three from Ash at Hohii Rook. These are the hrst 

 Cumberland specimens. Plagiognnthiis was represented by 

 two common species, P. chrysanthemi Wolff and P. arbiistorum 

 Fab. Asciodenia ohsoletiim D. and S. was abundant on Furze 

 at Scascale. A visit during August or September would 

 probably add considerably to this list. 



BOTANY. 



Mierembergia gracilis and Sisymbrium altissimum 

 at Theddlethorpe Sandhills. — When botanising in August, 

 1910, on the Sandhills at Tlieddlcthorpe, my friends the Misses 

 Nash found two plants unknown to them which they sent to 

 Kew Gardens for identification. The plant found by Miss 

 F. M. Nash was identified by the Kew authorities as ' Nicvcm- 

 hergia gracilis-., Hook.> a nati^e of temperate South America, 

 (?) new to Britain.' The other plant, found by Miss H. M. Nash, 

 was indentified as Sisymbrium altissimum Linn., and is believed 

 to be new to the district. — C. S. Carter, Louth. 



ARCH/EOLOGY. 



Prehistoric Remains at Doncaster. — It would perhaps 

 be agreeable to ^Ir. Seweh to know that, up to twcntv years ago, 

 there was hardly a record of any Flint implement found in 

 the Doncaster district, when the Archaeological Section of the 

 Doncaster Scientific Society took up the matter in earnest, 

 and explored the district with fair success, and in all directions. 

 From the town, stone implements have been found, consisting 

 of polished axes, scrapers, knife, arrow heads, flint disc^ ; a 

 flint core from which implements ha%'e been chipped ; also 

 many flint flakes. In addition, a number of cinerar}' urns of 

 very primitive design, pointing to the very early occupation 

 of this district by primitive and neolithic man. Every care is 

 now taken with any find which comes to light that links up 

 the unwritten history of our district. It is evident we had 

 a fairly large population of neolithic people in the Doncaster 

 district, though nothing like that of the East Coast country. 

 There was a large Settlement at Hooton Roberts, six or seven 

 miles from Doncaster, where \-ery many implements have been 

 found. Your readers may care to know that in the ancient 

 village of Haxey, about twelve miles from Doncaster, they still 

 cultivate the long narrow strips of land. One strip is called a 

 ' land,' two, ' two lands,' and so on. Tradition in the village 

 says there is no beginning to their histor}', as they have been 

 so cultivated from times before written history began. — A. 

 Jordan, Claremont, Doncaster. 



Naturalist, 



