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EXHlBlTlOI'i AND LKCTUKE MEETINGK, iU5i 
British Plant List^ 1908, Annotated dy F. A. Lees 
This copy of the first edition of the British Blunt List was given to 
F. A. Lees, the Yorkshire botanist, by G. 0. Druce (the author) in 1909. 
it was heavily annotated by Lees and a number of his notes are of con- 
siderable interest. They have been cited in our Reports in connection 
with the rediscovery of Juncus alpinus Vill. in Teesdale (B.E.C. 1930 
Bap., 9, 254, 281-2, 572-3 (1931), and Interim Report dated October 1930) 
and Euphrasia salisburgensis Hoppe, which has not yet been refound in 
Craven {loc. cit., 364). 
The history of this copy of the List has been recited in our jiublica- 
tions (e.g. loc. cit., 254). From the inscriptions at the begin- 
ning and end of the book it appears that it was purchased by C. E. 
Salmon with ‘‘a good many of Arnold Lees’ books” — probably on the 
death of Lees in 1921. In 1924 Salmon gave it to Arthur Bennett 
and on the death of Bennett in May 1929 it again became Salmon’s 
property. He sent it to Mrs. Arber as a Christmas present that year 
and she gave it as a wedding present to Mrs. Foggitt in 1930. It was 
re-autographed by Dr Druce on August 7, 1930. In January 1940 Mrs. 
Foggitt sent it to me as a wedding present. 
Many of the notes are mere references to publications made by Lees 
to keep his copy of the List up-to-date, but there are also many interest- 
ing original comments and records, not all of which have been pub- 
lished. These include numerous records of aliens and especially of those 
inti’oduced by the Yorkshire wool and tanning industries. 
J. E. Lousley. 
Plants erom Surrey Rubbish Tips 
These included Stachys annua (L.) L. from a rubble tip at Kings- 
wood, Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz, Erucastrum gallicum (Willd.) 0. E. 
Schulz., Coriandrum sativum L., Datura Stramonium L., Amaranthus 
chlorostachys Willd., Chenopodium glaucum L., Cannabis sativa L., 
Echinochloa Crus-galli (L.) Beauv. and Sctaria viridis (L.) Beauv. from 
a cinder tip near the Redhill sewage works. 
Miss B. M. C. Morgan. 
Herbarium Specimens connected with Papers in Watson r a 
The exhibit illustrated aspects of the ))resent phase of rapidly in- 
creasing knowledge of our flora. It included a selection of specimens 
from the herbarium of the Department of Botany of the British Museum 
(Natural History) connected with papers recently published in IFai- 
sonia, some being types of new species described therein. The following 
were shown : — 
Bubus Watsonii W. H. Mills; see Mills, Wafsonia, 1 (3), 135; author’s 
topotype from v.-c. 31, Hunts. 
Myriophyllum verrucosum Lindley; see Brenan & Chappie, ibid., 1 (2), 
63; Australian alien collected by Brenan and Chappie from v.-c. 
30, Beds. 
