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plants which are increasing or decreasing in the county. 
Moreover, he has paid special attention to the local names 
of flowers, many of them probably older than any study of 
English Botany, but wonderfully descriptive of the plant : such 
as “ Nathan-driving-his-chariot,” the “ Murder Plant,” “ Owl’s 
Crown,” “ Mislin-bush,” “ Wyebibbles,” and “ Cornelian.” 
Such names as Buckbean, Catmint, Dropwort, Dwale, Sundew 
and Pimpernel were in use 300 years ago, and some of them 
were considered old-fashioned at that time. 
I cannot close this Address without acknowledging my 
indebtedness to Mr. Nicholson for kindly placing his notes on 
the botanical history of Norfolk at my disposal; also to Mr. 
Arthur Bennett, A.L.S., for help and suggestions ; and to 
Dr. B. Daydon Jackson, General Secretary of the Linnean 
Society, not only for personal assistance, but also for kindly 
allowing me to consult Sir James Smith’s herbarium, the 
library of the Linnean Society, and the unpublished corres- 
pondence of Sir James Smith, without which it would have 
been impossible to complete this account of some of our 
Norfolk botanists. 
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