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upon mv and Mr. Druce's attention, that we owe what Druce 

 calls this ' splendid ' addition to the British and York flora. It 

 grows tall, the regularly curving trumpet -mouthed corollas are 

 very glandulous-hairy, and massed on the upper third of the 

 spike ; and has occurred several times of late years in the 

 Thorner district. 



3. The other species is Avenaria stellar ioides Willd. — a colon- 

 ising-alien from the Caucasus and the Euxine, probably brought 

 first to the Halifax, and later Elland and Mirfield riparian area 

 (1895-1908 ! ). along with foreign barley, but since noticed 

 thirteen years back it has spread down the waterway of Calder. 

 It seeds freely, branches dichotomously, has Stitchwort-like 

 leaves, and starry, white-pet ailed flowers of some degree of 

 showiness. According to . Nyman, its synonym is Arenaria 

 cerastoides Poiret non D.C. The Stellaria arenaria L., for which 

 I took it is the A. spathnlata Desf. teste Index Kewensis, a species 

 of Spain and North Africa. 



I may add that our Yorkshire Stations for the Elecampane 

 want verifying.* The Wilstrop siding one had lanceolate lower 

 leaves, the Thorp- Arch broad ones, but I write from memory — 

 it is a quarter of a century since I saw either in situ. But in 

 these matters alone, surely there is good work, and enough for 

 our men of York to do in the coming summer — which may we 

 all see ! 







Scandinavian Britain, by W. G. Collingwood, M.A., F.S.A. 



London : S.P.C.K. 272 pp., 3/6. 



This is a further volume of the ' Early Britain ' Series published by 

 this well-known house. So far the books issued comprise one of the most 

 concise and valuable accounts of the early history of our country that we 

 have ever read. They are all written by the leaders of the subjects dealt 

 with. The present one is quite up to the high standard attained by its 

 predecessors, and Mr. Collingwood's name on the title page is a guarantee 

 of its excellence. We regret space does not enable to deal with it to the 

 length that we should like, but we can heartily recommend it as the best 

 account of the influence of the Scandinavian invasion that we have read. 



A Hill Country, by Russell F. Gwinnell. 26 pp., with Geological 

 Map. Georg-e Philip & Son, Ltd. i/- net. 



This is a charming lesson in geograph}^ and geology ; written in a way 

 which will appeal to the numerous visitors to the northern Clyde Basin. 

 The area in question, from its diversity of geological structure and scenery, 

 is particularly suitable to being handled in the way the author's familiarity 

 of the area enables him to do. It can be safely said that Mr. Gwinnell has 

 taken full advantage of the very important lessons in the physical features 

 of the district with which he deals ; even the place-names adding their 

 share to his narrative. 



* M}- son saw it in abundance last autumn in the recorded station near 

 the S3a on the north side of the stream at Hayburn Wyke. — J. G. B. 



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