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Erigeron acris x canadensis. 



Senecio vulgaris x silvaticus ; S. silvaticus x viscosus. 



Oarduus ; Cirsium ; numerous hybrids. 



Centaurea Cyanus x Scabiosa. 



Lactuca saligna x virosa. 



Gentiana campestris x germanica. 



Galeopsis ochroleuca x angustifolia. 



Ajuga reptans x pyramidalis. 



Kumex ; Polygonum ; numerous hybrids. 



OrchidacesB ; numerous hybrids, many of which might occur here. 



Carex vulpina x remota ; qvalis x remota ; curta x remota ; 

 distans x Homschuchiana ; pallescens x punctata; hirta x vesi- 

 caria; riparia x vesicaria; filiformis x riparia (C. evoluta Hartm.); 

 fihformis x paludosa (C. Kochiana Schiib.); flacca x paludosa. 



Scirpus lacustris x Tabernaemontani. 



Calamagrostis epigeios x lanceolata ; C. epigeios x arenaria. 

 Avena fatua x sativa. 



tJromus innllia v rAMmnana • a.ni\ vovmna rtfVia-i* ***•>* em™ 9,* 



Those interested in this subject will, I hope, find in the above 

 list some useful hints as to what to look for. For fuller details, 

 Dr. Focke's interesting work should be consulted. 



WALTER WATERS REEVES. 



On May 18th, at Middleton Vicarage, near Pickering, Yorkshire, 



passed away Walter Waters Reeves. He was the eldest son of 



1 nomas Waters Reeves, and was born on February 14th, 1819, 



at Beckley, Sussex, receiving his education at the Cranbrook 



trrammar Scbool, under Dr. Davies. After leaving school, he 



was articled to a surgeon at Maidstone, where he devoted his 



spare time to the pursuit of Botany, and here completed his first 



Herbarium, which was a very good one, and which he subsequently 



parted with when prevented by other occupations from carrying on 



botanical work. He thought nothing of rising at an early hour of 



the morning and walking twenty miles or more before breakfast, if * 



py these means he could secure a plant he was in want of; indeed, 



it is probable that considering his other duties at this period, most 



oi tne plants of his own collecting were obtained during the early 

 morning hours. 



After leaving Maidstone, he was assistant to a surgeon at 

 2?,,^ subsequently occupied a similar position at Tun- 

 bndge Wells About this time he turned his attention to photo- 

 graphy, employing the wax-paper process, and, applying this to 



Rrintrr & he Prepared a com P lete series ot negatives of 



hnSL wVj 4 w l 8 / or a few y ears ^gaged in this line of 

 business but did not find it particularly remunerative. 



SorSv »l i -i S?o 8ieCted a FelIow of the R °y al Microscopical 



wlS 1 nip f.M f 868 WaS a P° n ted t0 the P° st of Assi «tant Secretary, 

 wtad, he held for a period of sixteen years ; on his resignation he 



