MR. W. A. NICHOLSON ON BOTANY OF SUTTON. 
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The east side of Hickling Broad, starting from the Pleasure 
Boat Inn, was fringed with a dominant growth of Phragmites, 
with Scirpus lacustris, L., less common, and in the water 
shallowing to the edge, J uncus effusus , L. 
Between Old Meadow Dyke and the main channel, on 
solid marsh, the dominant vegetation consisted of Cladium 
jamaicense, Crantz, with Phragmites. On the west side of 
the channel, Typha angustifolia , L. was in the ascendant. 
The bottom of the Broad is mostly covered with a dense mass 
of Chara aspera , Willd. 
At the north end of Hickling Broad, proximity to the sea 
was indicated by the occurrence of Apium graveolens, L. 
Mr. Clement Reid, F.G.S., alluding to the land around 
Happisburgh and Bacton, remarks that “ its exposure to the 
north-east winds makes the crops late.” My own observations 
have not extended over a sufficiently long period to enable 
me to state whether these cold winds have the effect of 
retarding the appearance of flowers in the Sutton district, 
though it would seem probable that they would have this 
effect. Miss A. M. Geldart suggests that the retardation of 
the crops may be due rather to the salinity of the north-east 
winds than to their coldness. 
At Longmoor Point, on 23rd and 24th April. 1905. with the 
exception of Caltha palustris, L., and Carex Goodenowii , J. 
Gay, both of which were blooming freely, very few flowers 
were to be seen. Flowers of Cardamine pratensis. L. were 
few and far between. Salix repens, L. was flowering and 
beginning to leaf, and the young shoots of Phragmites rose 
from 3-6 inches above the water. Those flowers which were 
in bloom on the dates just mentioned were at about their 
normal time. Mr. A. W. Preston’s observations of first 
flowering of common plants for 10 years from 1888-1897 give 
average dates for Caltha palustris, L., March 30. and Carda- 
mine pratensis, L., April 26, at Brundall and Blofield. On 
April 5th, 1903, which was exceptionally early. I observed 
Cardamine pratensis , L. in flower at Reedham. Further 
observations of first flowering of some of the common plants 
at Sutton, might be of interest in showing to what extent, if 
