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advance in some ways on the Flora Sarnica [of Babington] . 

 Most of the imaginary species have disappeared, and it represents 

 the results of fifty years' study of Jersey plants by a keen and 

 intelligent observer." Piquet also largely supplied the account of 

 Jersey plants in Ansted and Latham's Channel Islands. Mr. 

 F. G. Piquet has been good enough to provide me with the 

 following list of additions made by his father since the publication 

 of Mr. Lester-Garland's Flora : — 



Hydrocharis Morsus Banm L. Le Ouestnet, St. Brelade. 



Carex filiformis L. Blanches Banques, St. Brelade. 



Bumex rupestris Le Gall. La Eosiere, Corbiere. 



Clienopodium urhicum L. St. John's Eoad, St. Helier. 



Mercurialis annua L. var. ambigua. Near Eirst Tower. 



Vaccinium Myrtillus L. Bonne Nuit Bay. Coll. by Father 

 de Bellaing. 



Chlora perfoliata L. Behind Gorey Castle. Very rare. 

 ■''CusciUa Trifolii Bab., -'Glaucium corniculatum Curt., -'Ery- 

 simum cheirantJioides L. St. Guen's Bay. 



Camelina sativa Crantz. Millbrook. 

 '''Brassica campestris L. St. Ouen's Bay. 



Malva crispa L. St. Peter's Common. 

 -''Valeriana pyrenaica L. St. Ouen's Bay. 



Symphytum tuberosum L. Near Parochial Cemetery. 



Also the following records of plants stated by Mr. Lester- 

 Garland to have been included among Jersey plants on insuflOicient 

 evidence : — 



Elymus arenarius L. Grouville Bay. 



Scirpus pauciflorus Lightf. Near La Moye Quarries. 



Chenopodium hybridum L., C. rubrum L. St. Helier. 



Dianthus deltoides L. Near Bouley Bay. 



Banunculus auricomus L. St. Ouen's Pond. 



Geranium columbinum L. Behind Gorey Castle. 



It was always with regret that Piquet saw any of the local 

 plants disappear, usually through cultivation, and it was a 

 favourite practice of his to cross over to the opposite coast of 

 France, and to get seeds of the extinct plants and to re-introduce 

 them. In this he was successful on many occasions. His last 

 experiment in this connection w^as made with Diotis candidissima, 

 which used to be fairly plentiful in St. Ouen's Bay, but had 

 disappeared for many years. He procured seeds from Mr. 

 Lynch, of Cambridge, started them in pans in his garden, and 

 when they had sufficiently developed, he planted them out in 

 their old locality. Two months before his death he was shown a 

 small specimen from the Bay, and his delight was so great that, 

 although unable to walk, he drove out to see it. He had become 

 very feeble during the last eighteen months, but he was as keen 

 and bright as ever. x\t eighty -six he still bathed in the open sea in 

 the summer months — a practice of which he was always a staunch 

 supporter, being one of the founders of the Jersey Swimming Club. 



* The plants marked thus were collected by Mr. Dancaster. 



