SELBORNE SOCIETY AND ITS MAGAZINE. 3 
The Allusions to Plants in the Poets have been dealt with 
by the Right Hon. Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff, F.R.S., and 
Sir James Sawyer, M.D., who have chosen for their subjects 
“ Matthew Arnold” and “Herrick.” Mr. James Britten, F.L.S. 
—probably the highest English authority on the Local Names 
and Folklore of Plants — has discussed these subjects with the 
assistance of a large number of collectors, amongst whom we 
may mention specially Miss W. M. E. Fowler, Mr. D. D. Dixon 
and Mr. G. T. Rope. Articles on Botany, in a more technical 
sense, have been written by the Rev. Prof. George Henslow, 
M.A., Mr. George Nicholson, A.L.S., Curator of the Royal 
Gardens, Kew, and Dr. F. N. Williams, F.L.S. 
Warnings with regard to threatened destruction of beautiful 
scenery or the invasion of public rights have been given by Mr. 
George Murray, F.L.S., of the British Museum, Mr. Harvey 
Gibson, F.R.S.E., Mr. T. F. Wakefield, and Mr. Archibald 
Clarke. The Migration of Birds has been treated by the Rev. 
H. D. Gordon, M.A., the Rev. A. Rawson, M.A., and the Rev. 
H. D. Rawnsley, M.A. ; the Destruction of our British Birds 
has been commented upon and lamented by the Rev. H. D. 
Gordon, the Rev. F. O. Morris, the Hon. Mrs. R. C. Boyle, Dr. 
James Clark, and others ; while the question of bird wearing 
has been discussed by a large number of ladies in response to a 
letter written by that energetic Selbornian, Miss S. P. Hawes. 
We mentioned certain societies as being in spirit closely 
akin to our own. Of these, Mr. Robert Hunter, M.A., of the 
Commons Preservation Society, has fully explained the history 
of that association, his work in connection with which is well 
known, and also of the Ivyrle Society and the Metropolitan 
Gardens Association ; while the aims and objects of the Society 
for the Protection of Ancient Buildings have been fully explained 
by the Secretary, Mr. Thackeray Turner. 
Of the lives of naturalists promised we may mention 
“ Thoreau,” by Mr. J. L. Otter, the Hon. Treasurer of the 
Selborne Society, and “The Rev. J. G. Wood,” by Mr. James 
Britten. In poetry we are indebted to the Rev. H. D. 
Rawnsley for several sonnets on the love of nature, but we 
regret to say that it has been impossible to find room for very 
much of the original poetry sent to us for insertion. 
To many of our readers the most popular part of the Maga- 
zine has been that collection of notes and queries, correspond- 
ence and extracts which we have massed together under the 
heading of Selbovniana. The lion, secretaries of various branches 
have been most kind in writing paragraphs, forwarding cuttings 
and suggesting topics for this department. Amongst these we 
have received the most valuable assistance from Miss A. M. 
Buckton, Miss Agnes Martelli and Miss Isabel Fry. 
It was promised in our Programme that illustrations would 
occasionally be given “ if funds permit.” The Society has been 
under obligations during the year to two of the best-known 
