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contains his elaborate " Catalogue of the Perthshire Willows iu the 

 Museum Herbarium," which we omitted to mention at the time of 

 its publication. 



Prof. Angelo Heilprin contributes an interesting paper on 

 " The temperate and alpine floras of the giant volcanoes of Mexico" 

 to the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society for January 



last. 



An account of plants introduced at Maryport, Silloth, and 

 Workington, Cumberland, is given by Mr. W. Hodgson in the 



Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmoreland Association, No. xvi. 



British botanists, especially London ones, will regret to learn 

 that the introduction of plants into localities where they may 

 become established is being carried on with considerable energy by 

 a member of a London Natural History Society. Hampstead 

 Heath and Keston Bog are two of the places where this pernicious 

 and unscientific action has occurred; and Pamassia and Piuqaicula 

 vulgaris were planted in the New Forest bogs by the same indi- 

 vidual. In this case it was possible to nullify the attempt; but the 

 precautions then taken may easily be evaded, and it is to be feared 

 that in some cases the imposition may be successful. We trust 

 that the Society referred to will take steps to dissociate itself from 

 so disreputable a proceeding. 



Col. Stirling and Mr. Robert Kidston send us some Notes on the 

 Flora of Stirlingshire, reprinted from the Stirling Journal, from 

 which it appears that satisfactory progress is being made in the 

 investigation of the botany of that county, for which 712 species 

 and 43 varieties ai*e now recorded. 



The Kew authorities have issued a very useful coloured Map of 

 the Gardens and Arboretum (price 2d.), which it is to be hoped 

 may be speedily followed by the long-delayed Guide to tbe Gardens. 

 The principal "collections of trees and shrubs" are indexed, as 

 well as such more mundane matters as tbe drinking fountains and 

 tbe refreshment pavilion — which latter, by tbe way, was lately the 

 subject of a question in Parliament and of severe animadversion in 

 Hie Standard. Tbe " continuous stream of botanical information " 

 which "pours into Kew " (see p. 191) seems to have been temporarily 

 dammed, for neither the May nor the June Bulletin has appeared 

 at tbe time of our going to press. 



The Speaker of May 28th, recording the honour lately conferred 

 upon Dr. Dyer by the title of Companion of the Order of tbe Indian 

 Empire, refers to him as " a botanist by profession, and a folk-lorist 

 by way of relaxation.- The versatility of the Kew Director is so 

 well known that it would surprise no one to learn tbat it embraced 

 tbe study of folk-lore, but the explanation of tbe paragraph will be 

 found in the confusion wbich frequently occurs between Dr. Dyer 

 and bis brother, the Rev. T. F. T. Dyer. The latter gentleman is 

 well known as an indefatigable ratber than a competent compiler; 

 one of his books is noticed in this Journal for 1889, p. 122 where 

 some light is thrown upon his methods of working 



