264 NOTES : BOTANY. 
process and accessories—but no micro-photograph has yet equalled 
the splendid handiwork of first rate draughtsmen, such as the late 
Tuffen West, Dr. Greville, and Huth. Without being hypercritical 
upon so modest a compilation as that of Mr. Mills, we must confess 
ourselves somewhat ears ted. 
The major part of the volume is devoted to the Bibliography of 
Mr. Deby (assisted, we believe, by that excellent authority, Mr. F. 
Kitton), and this is simply splendid—beyond all praise. _ It is, in fact, 
worth all the cost of the book—and no student of the Diatoms will, 
in the future, be able to dispense with the references it affords. 
The type and ‘get up’ of the work are very good, but revision 
has been sadly needed, as evinced by the number of aa 
errors, and words and proper names mis-spelt. W.B et 
eal sialic iataanitils 
Rosa spinosissima in Lincolnshire.—This as at length been 
recorded well within the county, by sh brother, she ‘autives it in Raithby 
Parish, near oe in June. The specimen has been cag etree for me by 
Mr. F. Arnol Lees, hoc AE Lences, ‘onl August 
Rosa villosa sub-sp. (Sm.) in North Lincs., oe ne 
been found on the chalk in Welton Parish, near Louth, and identified by 
Mr. F. A. Lees, who writes that this montane rose, growing in low east England, 
y 
by . 
ra sage Pebert red crags . R. Yeoman, near Goulceby.—J. LARDER, Louth, — 
ns in Bloom.—Three male Ash trees (Fraxinus excelstor) growing 
near Penrith have this ‘been covered with bloom whilst in full leaf So 
singular and beautiful did they appear as to become unrecognisable to many. = 
It is no doubt due to the remarkably warm and dry spri e 
i is rarely seen blooming in such perfection ee in leaf, the flower 
coming — I should like to know if this has been noticed in other places.— 
J. CHARL S SMITH, Nandana, Penrith, 13th July, ios 
Mud Car ex (Carex limosa).—I have found this Carex growing a at Woodside 8 
Moss in North Westmorland. It ree I think, be considered rare in England, 
especially in the South, but common in Scotland.—J. CHares Sm1TH, Nandana, 
Penrith, "3th July, 1893. S 
Bei J.C C. Smith sent me a specimen of Carex dimosa from Woodside Moss, #0 
. I have only seen it from one 0’ 
station in Westmorland, at 1,000 feet ver Kentmere, where it was found by 
Mr, 1. C. Martindale. It would be interesting to know what is the ae 
the & Woodside station. Is et ey Oe y that genuine C. mest was 
common in Scotland. J. G. Bixee 
specimens ‘of Herb Paris (Paris qu adriflig), ), growing inanriantl 7 in & “damp 
ady situation at Woodside Mos: Westmorland, _— sc 
