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THE REV. E. ADRIAN" WOODRUFFE - PEACOCK, 

 L.TH., F.L.S., F.G.S., MR. A. SOC, ETC. 



"After full consideration, I have decided, for the 

 present at least, to retain to myself the depart- 

 mental editing of " Botany " in Science-Gossip, 

 and to accept the very kind offer of the Rev. E. 

 Adrian Woodrufl'e-Peacock as referee in all cases 

 where our correspondents desire identification or 

 advice. To the present generation of botanists Mr. 

 Woodrufie-Peacock's name is as a household word, 

 so well known is he, not only as one of our very 

 best botanists, but also as an agricultural specialist 

 on grasses and as the organising and botanical 

 secretary of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union. 

 We trust that our readers who require advice or 

 assistance in identifying plants may send their 

 specimens, either fresh or dried, direct to the Rev. 

 E A Woodrutle-Peacock, Cadney Vicarage, Brigg, 

 when he will answer in these columns. — John T. 

 Carringh n. Editor 0/ Science-Gossip.] 



Anemone appennina in Ireland. — Mr. E. M. 

 Dadd exhibited specimens of Anemone appennina 

 from County Kildare at the meeting of the North 

 London Natural History Society of March nth 

 last. [An alien.— E. A. W.-P.'] 



Anemone appennina in Essex. — At the meet- 

 ing of the North London Natural History Society 

 held on April Sth last, Miss Simmons reported that 

 Anemone appennina grows in a private wood near 

 Saffron Walden. [An alien.— E. A . W.-P.'] 



Anchcsa sempervirens in Lincolnshire. — 

 Anchuui sempervirens, L., has been sent from 

 Mareham-le-I'en. Lincolnshire, by Miss Rawnley. 

 It has been recorded once from another parish, 

 but this is the first specimen to hand. [An alien. — 

 £ A. W.-P.] 



Tripolium piliforme in Lincolnshire. — Mr. 

 1- A. I^ees. the well-known Yorkshire botanist, has 

 received Tri/olium fili forme, L., from Elkington, 

 Lincolnshire, gathered by Mr B. (row. This has 

 been recorded for the county, but no botanist of 

 repute has ever met with it before. 



British G All lovers of our native 



grasses should obtain Professor Edward I racket's 

 •• The True Grasses." It is a splendid book for 

 rs who make a special study of the order 

 Gramineae, ably translated by Mr F. Lawson- 

 Scribncr and Miss Effie A. Southworth 



Veronica Montana near Louth Mr. P. 



■A Louth. Lincolnshire, sent Mr F. A. Lees 



1 m^ntana, L., gathered in Acthorpe Wood 



on .May 26th, 1 i .; I bis ipa ies is to rare in the 



county that there is no specimen in tip: almosl 



perfect county herbarium housed in Lincoln I 



i-mai. Marsh Marigold. If Mr J J. 



Ward will turn top XII, vol >.*i> ,of " Hard 



be will find recorded a spa 

 of thi» plant, which, from i 



to be identical with that found by him liinlr p in 

 The »j- /-. / In I . 



Iurni, June 10th, 1 



Fasciated Daisy. — Mr. C. Greenhagh, of 

 Middleton, Lancashire, sends us a curiously 

 fasciated daisy. The union of peduncles in this 

 case seems to be eight to twelve. They present a 

 flattened riband-like form, with a single elongate- 

 narrow fertile flowering head crowning them. It 

 is not an uncommon anomaly. 



Orchidaceae in Surrey. — In reference to the 

 orchidaceous plants referred to last month 

 (Science-Gossip, ante p. 25), I may mention that 

 on the same day and place a friend and I found 

 several Ophrys muscifera (fly orchis) just breaking 

 into flower. A few were already expanded. — 

 C. E. Britton, 1S9, Bcrcsford Street, Cambcrwell, S.E. ; 

 June 2nd, 1897. 



Solomon's Seal in Hants. — This elegant 

 plant, Polygonatum multiflorum, is abundant in a 

 wood on the Alresford side of Alton. About a mile 

 down a lane from the common there is a stile 

 entering a field-path on the right, which leads to 

 the side of the wood, in which Solomon's seal will 

 be found growing thick as bracken, some of the 

 sprays being five feet in length. — John T. Ccirrington. 



Blue Jacob's Ladder in Somerset. — I picked 

 some lovely sprays of Polemonium cacruleum, Lin., 

 close to a bridge on the river Haddeo, near 

 Dulverton, on the 13th of June, 1S97. There was 

 only one plant, but it was a very fine one with 

 some lovely blooms on it. This plant is, I believe, 

 a new find for Somersetshire. — F. B. Doveton, 

 Eastcliffe, Babbacombe, Torquay. [An alien casual, 

 often an escape from gardens, or introduced with 

 foreign clover seed. — E. A. W.-P.~\ 



The Botanical Exchange Club. — The report 

 of the Botanical Exchange Club of the British 

 Islands, for 1895. is to hand. It was issued on 

 June 5th, 1897, and it contains, as usual, a number of 

 notes of considerable value on the different species 

 of plants which were circulated among the 

 members. Of the numbers of these there was a 

 falling off, but apparently only of a temporary 

 character ; 3,056 specimens were received for 

 distribution. Particulars as to membership may 

 be obtained from Charles Bailey, Esq., Ashfield, 

 Whalley Range, Manchester. 



Abnormal Cowslip. — In answer to Mr. J. C. 

 Turner (ante p. 25), relative to an abnormal form 

 of Primula vcris (which is, by the way, cowslip, 

 not primrose), flowers of this genus are very 

 subject to variation, and it is not at all uncommon 

 for their flowers to have sepals of a leafy form, 

 especially on being transplanted into gardens. 

 Many specimens of this kind have come under 

 my notice, and if Mr. Turner will refer to 

 " Hardwicke's Science-Gossip," p. 211, vol. xxii., 

 and p. 70, vol. xxix., he will find one or two other 

 sports of this genus recorded. — Edwin E. Turner, 

 Coggcshall, Essex; June 10th, 1897. 



Rare Plants in Lincolnshire. -At the meeting 

 of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union at Scotton 

 Common, on June 10th, amongst many other 

 good species taken were Carcx elougata, L., Lastraea 

 thtlyptcrii, Presl., Lycopodium clavatnm, L., and 



lagitulla telaginoides, 'iray, Drosera angliea, I tuds., 

 appears tobe quite extinct and /' intermedia, ilayne, 

 is very rare. Peuudanum palii.tre, Moench., lias 

 also vanished from its old spol and Is as good as 



extinct v/e fear. The bol .1 never re.-uhed llie 



locality from •. bii li ( art I fiU/01 mis, 1 . . I a recorded, 

 Mr, Sam Hudson broughl a spei Imen oi Thalktrum 

 eollinum, Walk*., gathered in the Isle of Axholme, 



|. worth, in ■ , 



