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Don, of which Martyn’s figure (Flora Rustica, t. 11) is an hapa si 
representation. It is probable, sacha aoe the Durm 
: 
She circa Newbery ene e Bay-Oak, id est, Lauro-quercus 
i a description that accords i well with the tree of 
Don. The whole question is worthy of careful examination; the 
timber, which soci to be very different in the true Durmast, and 
the position and arrangement of the buds, a point on which con- 
siderable stress has been laid by Girsted (Apereu sur la classification 
des Chénes), may help to throw some light on a subject on which 
= botanists and practical foresters are as yet very far from 
coming to an agreemen nt.—R. A. Pryor. 
Karty Nortce or rar Ivrropuction or Szeps into ENGLaNnp 
with Foreign Woon.—The following quotation is extracted from 
the ‘ Observations in Husbandry’ of Mr. Edward Lisle, of Crux- 
there is much that is suggestive in his remarks. I do not know 
. whether the Medicago ‘etna has held its ground in Wiltshire ; 
- but Mr. Lisle’s statement is sufficient to show that the introduction 
of foreign seeds in imported wool has by no means been an occur- 
rence of only recent date :—‘‘ Mr. Holyday, a agra clothier 
in Wiltshire, was giving me an account, in the year 1707, that the 
Spanish wool always troubled with Suse! a 
ground to STeTve it, whieh brought forth a each sort of grass, 
that had lasted ever since, it being many years ago. It was, he 
said, a three-leaved grass, and brought forth yellow flowers, and 
abundane of burrs, with seeds in them. I found this to be one of 
not be a very sweet seed to breed e wool. seems to me i 
the leaf to taste sweeter than hop-clover a ay oe o see this 
ee and sound it to be ey cote medic tr at ha all 
