304 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, ¢c. 
THe Lichen eet Club of the British Isles has just pub- 
lished its first annual report—a commendable record of good work 
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e Clu of 
nce. Per aaintarcke wishing to join the Club should com- 
municate with the Secretary, Mr. Horwood, Corporation 
pag and Art Gallery, Leicester. The subscription is 5s. per 
num 
eee e August number of ae Irish Naturalist oi A. R. Hor- 
wood publishes a plea for the evicted cryptogams of Ireland. 
He enumerates the d different eee that effect their disappearavia 
these being mainly climate, which we cannot alan and the 
spread of civilization (drainage, cultivation, &c.) with which we do 
not desire to interfere, for is not a man better than a cryptogam ! 
he only activities that should be checked are those of the 
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rapacious amateur collector. To meet their case, a Wild Flower 
Protection Act pose: to ferns and other cryptogams has been 
advocated. The smoke nuisance and river pollution might also be 
dealt with, but for these evils attendant on civilization we really 
want more civilization. Until that arrives it is desirable that we 
save our rare plants, though their rarity rather indicates 
that their struggle to obtain and oer a footing in the country 
has been severe and not very success 
Tue following notice of Henry Seni cH, who contributed a 
short note on Warwickshire plants to this Journal for 1874 (p. 112) 
is taken from the Report for 1907 of the Botanical Exchange Club:— 
“Henry Bromwich, eldest son of Wm. Bromwich, gardener, was 
born at t Warwick on Mar. a ae and died in the adjoining 
Common, being rich in uncommon species. ay many years 
was a member of the Botanical Exchange Club, and he rendered 
material aid, which is warmly acknowledged, t Bagnall, 
ment of the Warwick Museum, to which institution he expressed 
@ wish his own Heebathait should be given. In the Report of 
that Museum in 1904 the botanical collection is referred to as one 
of the best in the provinces, ‘the Warwickshire plants are repre- 
sented by a special collection, the work chiefly of Mr. Bromwich, 
a well-known and experienced local botanist, who still contributes 
to its further development.’” 
