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PERSONALIA 
WILD FLOWER SOCIETY 
A Tea Party is being held on Saturday, November 19tli, at the 
Charing Cross Hotel, London, from 3.30 to 6 p.m. The President of 
the W.F.S. extends a very heartj' invitation to any members of the 
1LS.13.I. who would like to be present. 
Tickets, 4/- each, may be obtained from Miss Rosemary Schwerdt, 
Broadview, Claremont Lane, Esher, Surrey. 
PHENOLOGICAL REPORT 
WANTED 
Members willing to help with the preparation of Mr Nelmes’s annual 
Phenological Report by observing the effect of the weather on the plants 
of their neighbourhood during the spring and summer months. Notes 
may be sent either to the Secretary or to Mr Nelmes direct. Generally 
speaking, the farther away from Ijondon a member lives the more valu- 
able will be his contribution. If members are in doubt as to ivliat is re- 
quired, they should communicate with Mr Nelmes, Royal Botanic 
Gardens, Kew, Surrey. 
FLORA OF WILTSHIRE. 
Our Member, Mr J. D. Grose, is preparing a new Flora of Wiltshire. 
He would be grateful for recoi-ds and details of herbarium specimens. 
He also wishes for information about E. J. Tatum’s herbarium. Tatum 
lived in Salisbui’y and contributed notes to the Journal of Botany. Ho 
died in 1929. His herbarium is not at Salisbury Museum. 
HAMPSTEAD HEATH SURVEY: RECORDERS WANTED 
The Natural Histoi'y and Local Records Section of the Hampstead 
Scientific Society is carrying out a complete survey of the Heath with a 
view to a publication on the subject. Anyone who has interest in any 
particular branch of Natural History and who is prepared to work with 
the Society, if only for an occasional day, is asked to get in touch with 
the Hon. Organising Secretary, John Hillaby, 1 Tanza Road, N.W.3. 
(HAMpstead 4626). Check lists from the last publication are available: 
naturalists who are resident in or who visit the sh’ea regidarly will be 
particularly welcome. 
RANUNCUTATS AURTCOMUS L. 
Banvncvlus auricornus L. has been shown to be a group of many 
different kinds somewhat similar to what occurs in Alchemilla vulgaris 
L. Each kind is believed to reproduce its own sort, and more than one 
