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Cxaytonta sipretca. — If Claytonia sibirica has not already been 
recorded for Cumberland, perhaps it might be worth while to mention 
that I found at the end of June a large plant of it growing apparently 
very much at home on some shingle in the bed of the river Derwent 
by Grange in Borrowdale.—W. F, Miter. 
Guyceria Festuczrormis Heynh.—Last July I devoted two 
days, in company with Mr. H. C. Marshall, to examining the 
piace of Strangford Ree in the hope of extending the known 
rang this grass. e experience of previous expeditions, and 
of the ‘feat day of the present trip, showed that there was no. use 
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islands in the lough, this restriction imposed a strict limitation to 
the ground worth exploring. We visited eleven ungrazed islands, 
distributed over some thirty square ane of sea, and found that on 
all but one of these G. festuceformis grows abundantly and luxu- 
riantly. The names of these ten ye are Lythe Rock, Craiga- 
veagh, Green Island Rock, Gull Rock (near Dunsy Island) Dunsy 
Rock, Black Rock, Swan Rock (in the Quoile estuary), Bird Island 
(off Kireubbin), Sheelah’s Island, and Gabbock Island. The one 
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plants may be noted. Lowest on the beach comes G. ip scree 
forming often a band twenty fiat wide, and growing two feet high 
pyron repens ; above this grows Festu in ense luxuriant 
maritime state; and where the pa rises beyond the reach of 
s, this gives way to mead ts, such as Leontodon 
visit, and I made a large gathering, which I hope to dis- 
— aaa the Botanical xeheie Clubs later on.—R. Lioyp 
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NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
So, her: Plants. By W. ‘J. V. Osternour, Ph.D. 8vo. 
Pp. xix, 492, tt. 258. London: Maemillan & Co. 1905. 
Price 2 rd net. 
’s Experiments with Plants forms the completion 
of a series of dhe popular botanical works projected by Professor 
L. H. Bailey. Two of these, Lessons with Plants and Botany, have 
already appeared under Professor Bailey’s name, and at his sugges- 
tion Dr. Osterhout, Assistant Professor of Botany in the University 
of California, was entrusted with the third. As in the case of 
two preceding books, the production of the ae: both in the way 
of text and illustrations, leaves nothing to be 
