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under that name, localised from Wensleydale, though according to 
a note by Mr. Baker in “ Topographical Botany,” it appears that Mr. 
Baker now thinks Mr. J. W. Watson, the collector, may have “ mixed 
Lakeland and Wensleydale specimens together.” However that may 
be, the Crook of Devon plant when cultivated becomes extremely 
like If. corymbosum cultivated from the seeds of the Teesdale plant, the 
seed from Mr. Baker, although the two wild plants are considerably 
unlike. The Orkney plant I have no doubt about being true H. 
strictum ; it is smaller than H. corymbosum grown under the same cir- 
cumstances, has the leaves greener (without any glaucous tinge), 
harsher to the touch, hairy below, especially on the midrib, and has 
the stem more wiry and hairy, with rather stiff, spreading hairs, while 
it is sparingly clothed with woolly hairs, or sometimes nearly glabrous, 
in the Crook of Devon plant. Neither the Orkney nor the Crook of 
Devon plant are yet even in bud, so that I cannot compare flowers, etc. 
— J. Boswell, June, 1875. 
Hieracium juranum , Dries. H. Borreri, Syme “ E. B.,’’ ed. iii. 
“ Specimens of this plant from Bex, collected by Dr. Dagger, which I 
have received since the genus Hieracium was written for the third 
edition of ‘ English Botany,’ have convinced me that my H. Borreri 
is the H. juranum of Fries. On coming up from the seed it produces 
a rosette of stalked, oval leaves ; the first year that the plant flowers 
some of these leaves remain till the flowering is accomplished, but 
after the first year the flowering stems proceed from closed buds pre- 
cisely as in II. corymbosum. The styles are bright yellow, not fuscous ; 
in all otherrespects it agrees well with Fries’s description.” June, 1875. 
Mcnziesia cccrulea , Swartz: Sow of Atholl, Perth, August, 1872. 
H. M. Deommond-Hax, who states that “ there were few plants in 
flower, and what were in that state were chiefly flowers in a double or 
spurious form, probably owing to the cold and wet season.” 
Erica Watsoni, Benth. “I have for a longtime thought that this 
hybrid would be found in a locality between Truro and Penryn, and in 
company with Mr. T. B. Blow, of Welwyn, was fortunate enough to 
discover it in considerable quantity. It grows in a barren moor which 
is not likely to be cultivated.” — J. Cunnack, 1874. “Mr. H. C. 
Watson informs me that Mr. Cunnack’s specimens resemble the form 
described by Mr. Bentham as E. Watsoni , more than that found by 
the Bev. C. A. Johns, which is cultivated in Mr. Watson’s garden at 
Thames Ditton, and from that source has been largely distributed 
through the Botanical Exchange Club.” — John T. Boswell, 1875. 
Calluna vulgaris , Salisb. “ On limestone between Billacombe 
and Elburton, S. Devon. Two or three specimens sent as a record of 
