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Parietaria ramiflora Moench. On the ruins of Furness Abbey, 

 1809 ; also on the wall of Addingham Churchyard in Low Furness. 

 (Both S. Lane. v.-c. 69.) 



Epijjactis pakistris Crantz. Brought by J. Kendrick from 

 Speke, 1808. S. Lane. v.-c. 59. " We have never seen this off 

 the sandhill tract in this district, and it is now probably lost at 

 Speke," /. A. W. 



Orchis mascula L. Near Whitley Eeed, 1808. Cheshire, 

 v.-c. 58. — 0. latifolia L. Norton Marsh, 1810. Cheshire. Near 

 Bewsey, 1810. S. Lane. — 0. maculata L. Speke, 1809. S. Lane. 



Eriopliorum -angustifolium Koth. Woolston Moss, 1809. S. 

 Lane. 



Molinia ccerulea Moench. South shore, Liverpool, 1808. S. 

 Lane. " Now built over, but common in other places in this 

 district," /. A. W, 



Nardus stricta L. Near Frodsham, 1810. Cheshire. Found 

 also on Lancaster Moor. W. Lane. 



Osmunda regalis L. Near Hill CUff, 1809. Cheshire, v.-c. 58. 



OphioglossumvulgatumJj. InDunham meadows, 1811. S.Lanc. 



Botrychium Lunaria Sw. Near Eingway Chapel (Cheshire) ; 

 near Wyersdale Meeting-house, 1829. W. Lane. 



JOHN PIQUET. 

 (1825-1912.) 



John Piquet, pharmaceutical chemist, was born at St. Heher, 

 Jersey, on March 16th, 1825, and received his early education at 

 one of the small private schools which existed at that time. 

 Even at this stage of his career the retentive memory which 

 made him so useful to his fellow-workers in botanical science 

 made itself apparent. On leaving school at twelve years of age, 

 he was apprenticed to Mr. John Ereaut, a pharmacist of St. 

 Holier, in 1837. After the termination of a five years' apprentice- 

 ship, he continued as assistant to his employer for a further 

 period of five years. His working hours extended from 6.30 a.m. 

 to 11 p.m., and he served the whole of his time without a hoHday. 

 The sciences upon which the art of pharmacy is based, however, 

 provided him with the materials for his relaxation throughout a 

 long life, and in Mr. Ereaut he found a kindred spirit, in that the 

 love of nature was innate ia both. Piquet began business on his 

 own account at St. Helier in 1847, and in this he maintained an 

 active interest till his death on September 5th, 1912, in his 88th 

 year. He was one of the oldest members of the Pharmaceutical 

 Society of Great Britain, having been elected in June, 1853. 



With the exception of his early training in pharmacy Piquet 

 was self-educated, but he was an untiring reader and keen 

 observer, and thus obtained a comprehensive knowledge of local 

 natural history, and particularly of conchology, entomology, 

 and botany. In botany his interest was chiefly centred on 

 the flowering plants and ferns, although he made a collection 



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