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A want of — to give quite accurately the periods of flowering 
ecies is certainly one of the defects of the book. Surely 
erent Lenormanli and . hederaceus must open their flowers 
be fore Jun ants, since in Devon and Cornwall they are both 
quickly follows Draba verna and Cardamine hirsuta in unfolding its 
petals, and only this spring we noticed some out before the middle 
of March, but under it appears “‘ May-Aug.” Fragaria vesca, in 
the South of England, begins to flower six weeks o or two months 
before May, though its blossoms for a mrerichente period in the 
spring seem never to produce fruit. Our experience has been to ~ 
find Veronica arvensis flowering during six months out of the twelve ; 
sO — 2 _ —— season cannot really be limited to July in 
Han ro Buxbaumii will neieanhts to open its flowers con- 
aarti sien “ahen Sep tember, even after sharp frosty mornings 
have occurre PE tt minimus is one of our latest annuals, 
as it flowers until the month of Oct 
The habitats named in the Blosks ‘cannot always have oe 
exclusively a application desirable in a work of the kind. 
instance, un r Epilobium lanceolatum we find “ walls, rasies, 
and other any plana? though followed by the record of only 
single station fe the whole county, and this a ‘‘ raised ‘ciectaas 
on right-hand side of road from Liphook to Woolmer Forest.” We 
woul! ourselves prefer the poe hogs of statements = habitats, 
together with periods of flowering, from a local Flora, if not 
relating exclusively to the sleet 8 as species of the area ries: and 
derived from careful chases sti therein 
We confess to pips been startled 5 seeing some of the species 
serted in the ‘ List of plants, most of which have certainly and 
8 probably been introduced by human agency,” and we have 
me to the conclusion that the author’s views must be e peculiar on 
the matter. From our own point of view we should have accepted 
without question, as indigenous species, Sisymbrium officinale, 
dArabis Thaliana, Lychnis diurna, Arenaria serpyllifolia, Malva mos- 
chata, Gerehial ae Trifolium arvense, Potentilla reptans, Carduus 
—_— _——- minus, Inula dysenterica, C toners arvensis, Mentha 
‘vensis, Rumea Acetosa, Allium vineale, and several others. On the 
ates bead we should have siher placed in the list some other 
species, or else marked them as possibly or certainly introduced, 
when treating of them in the body of the work. Amongst them 
are Aigopodium Podagraria and str igs ge ianum. Having noticed 
lemishes i 
it as could not fail to make those reading them eee of possess- 
ing a copy of the book for quiet perusal and study. Mr. Town- 
send’s careful obser oie is apparent in the remark under Agrimonia 
pe * The furr of the fruit extend to the spines,” given as 
a mark of distinction. eg it and A. Hupatoria. The same nice 
observation is seen in the following extract:—‘‘In its natural 
condition Hrythrea pulchella forms an open, much-branched panicle, 
branched from the base. The root leaves are smaller than those 
