BOTANICAL NOTES. 



Adonis autumnalis was brought to me on June 7th, 1917, 

 and found near Les Blanches on the Jerbourg Road, but I 

 have never found it. Marquand states that the first and 

 only instance of its occurrence of which he knew was at the 

 Vale in 1865. 



The most interesting flower I have found in Guernsey is 

 Nicotiana rustica, and it was not until I was able to shew it 

 to Mr. George Claridge Druce, one of our most eminent 

 botanists, when he visited Guernsey two or three years ago, 

 that I knew definitely what it was. 



This autumn my daughter found what appears to be a 

 variety of Doronicum pardalianches, but I need a further 

 opinion before classifying it. 



Other varieties are Matricaria inodora, double in all its 

 flowers, in a field near Blanchelande, a new variety of 

 Lychnis dioica, and a very beautiful specimen of Orchis 

 laxiflora of a delicate rose pink instead of the usual purple. 



As regards localities, Asparagus officinalis, I found — 

 very stunted — in the sand at L'Ancresse one plant, another 

 fine one in the Grande Mare and two in different places near 

 Vazon, while Scutellaria galericulata has disappeared from 

 the ditch mentioned by Marquand where I saw it when I first 

 came here and also Hyoscyamus niger from its particular dis- 

 trict at L'Ancresse where I picked it in 1919. 



Guernsey is rich in white specimens of many of its 

 coloured flowers, e.g. : — 



Armeria maritima, at Fort Le Marchant and Vazon. 



Digitalis, Hubits (but probably an escape). 



Endymion nutans, both white and pink, at the Pea Stacks. 



Linaria cymbalaria, in the Varclin. 



Prunella vulgaris, a large patch near Vazon. 



Scilla autumnalis, L'Ancresse. 



Sediim album, St. Martin's cliffs. 



I am glad to be able to confirm Carduus eriophorus in 

 Gosselin's list, which Marquand doubts being correct. I 

 found it on Icart Point in 1920. 



Lychnis vespertina, I found one plant only, in the 

 Hubits. 



