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Western, and yet the plant seems to be travelling East. I may 
also notice here that Epzlobtum hirsutum, which is not known 
in this valley, though it occurs eleven miles away, has recently 
unexpectedly appeared in considerable quantities in my garden. 
With regard to the disappearance of plants, I may say that 
the Wenyanthes trifoliata once grew in a wet pasture not more 
than half a mile from this village. It is now extinct, probably 
from the draining of the pasture. My predecessor, Archdeacon 
Boyd, who was here for fifty-eight years, took a great interest 
in the flora. He told me that when he came here the Holly 
Fern grew on the Clouders ; he remembered seeing forty or 
fifty plants. It is now not to be found there. This he ascribed 
to the depredation of the collectors of ferns. JI am sorry to say 
that we lose a great many every year. Another scarce plant is 
Allium Scorodoprasum. \t grows only in one place, and during 
the last twenty-five years I have watched it I have seen no 
tendency for it to diminish or increase, nor does it move its 
position, probably the bulbous nature of the plant prevents 
migration. I found three or four plants of the Fly orchis on a 
bank in a wood years ago, but I have not been able to find any 
plants in the same spot since. The Zamzum album is scarce 
Parnassta palustris is our last flower. 
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FLOWERING PLANTS, Etc. 
Plants on Allerthorpe Common.—During a visit to 
Allerthorpe Common on August Bank Holiday a small party 
noted the following plants :— 
Teesdalia nudicaulis. | Galium palustre. 
Drosera rotundifolia. Senecio sylvaticus. 
Gentiana Pneumonanthe. Calluna vulgaris. 
Gnaphalium svlvaticum. Erica Tetralix. + 
Filago minima. | 3) cinerea. 
Carduus pratensis. Gnanthe fistulosa. 
Epilobtum angustifolium var. alba, Polygonum amphibium. 
Ornithopus perpusillus. Comarum palustre. 
Hypericum humifusum. Lycopsis arvensis. 
55 pulchrum. Malva rotundifolia. 
‘ perforatum. Genista anglica. 
Radiola millegrana. Spergula arvensis. 
Teucrium Scorodonia. Buda rubra. 
Geranium pusillum. Juncus articulatus. 
Silene noctiflora. Aulacomnium palustre, (Moss. ) 
Urtica urens. Marchantia polymorpha. (Hepatic), 
Erodium cicutartum. in splendid condition. 
Galium saxatile. | 
—_J. MarsHAL_t, Beverley, August 17th, 1907. 
Naturalist, 
