DR. S. H. LONG ON “ BLOWING ” WELLS. I9I 
ours was the same, and not the peucedanifolia of Pollich, as 
it had so often been named. 
Even silaifolia is queried for Norfolk by Mr. H. C. Watson, 
but the date of flowering given (June) by Trimmer, and three 
of his stations (i.e., Horning, Belaugh, and Buckenham 
Ferry) make it probable it is the true plant ; but it flowers 
so early, it is often cut with the grass. Miss Bell, who sent 
so many Norfolk plants to Mr. Watson, names “ Runcton 
Holme,” but she does not seem to have sent this. 
It must be remembered that in Sir J. E. Smith’s time, 
and long after, pimpinelloides represented the present plant 
so named, and Lachenalii combined, and the name Lachenalii 
did not appear till Babington’s first edition of his Manual 
in 1843. 
Will Norfolk botanists seek these two species and confirm 
them for the county? (E. silaifolia is quite a delicate species 
compared to Lachenalii and pimpinelloides, and soon seeds 
and disappears, while the others often flower on to the end 
of September. 
IV. 
“BLOWING” WELLS. 
By Sydney H. Long, M.D. 
Read 25th October, 1910. 
In the village of Framingham Pigot, about 3| miles S.E. of 
Norwich, there are three examples of what are known as 
“ blowing ” wells ; and as it would appear that, hitherto, no 
such wells exhibiting this curious phenomenon have been 
described as occurring in Norfolk, a short account of them is 
here given. Two of the wells are in the grounds of the 
Manor House, about 300 yards apart ; the third is in the 
village street, about 100 yards from one of the other two. 
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