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gathering, say, Thlaspi perfoliatum or Gladiolus illyricus if he protested 

 that he thought that the former was Chickweed or that he was gathering 

 the other as Digitalis for the herb-doctors. This difficulty does not, how- 

 ever, apply to the entire prohibition of digging up plants in certain areas, 

 as has been done to some extent in Canada and in the Yellowstone 

 Park. I would remind you that the Home Secretary, acting on the 

 initiative of the County Councils, has, under the Wild Birds' Protection 

 Acts, several distinct courses open to him : he may protect specified 

 species for the whole year, for the whole county, or temporarily or 

 locally, or he may protect all birds in specified parishes or other areas. 



It seems to me that powers closely analogous to these should be 

 given in the case of plants, that something should be done, that all lovers 

 of the country should bestir themselves to see that it is done, and that it 

 should be done quickly. 



