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NATURE NOTES 
pointed out that in so doing they have followed the example 
of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 
of which Her Majesty herself is Patron. 
Croham Hurst. — Members of the Society may possibly like 
to hear how matters are progressing in regard to the acquisition 
of Croham Hurst, Croydon. 
A proposal to spend ;^20,ooo on its purchase was defeated 
in the Croydon Council, by one vote only, in last July, and the 
Preservation Committee were encouraged to persevere in their 
efforts by the closeness of the division. IMany of its members 
are also interested in the preservation of Grange Wood, an 
estate of twenty-five acres on the north side of the borough, but 
at present the exorbitant price of ^^33,000 is asked for this land. 
It is thought that, as the two estates serve different ends of 
the borough, a modus operandi may be found in amalgamating 
the two schemes, and acquiring them both by a single purchase. 
An obstacle lies in the enormous price asked for Grange Wood, 
but this matter, it is hoped, may be open to negotiation. 
Edward A. Martin. 
Philistinism. — We have hitherto believed that “ Liberal 
Churchmen,” who sometimes style themselves Broad Church- 
men, were distinctly on the side of “ sweetness and light,” of a 
respect for Nature, its wild beauties and other amenities, and 
of the demand of overworked humanity for leisure for self- 
improvement. We are, therefore, surprised to see in the pages 
of The Church Gazette a silly article of which the following is 
a sample : — 
Persons have been met with — we will not reveal their sex — who object to, 
and even seriously denounce, such seemingly guiltless pursuits as that of using 
a trowel to remove a wild primrose or violet from a country bank into a private 
garden ; or of leaving about bits of paper and debris after an open air meal 
in a wood ; or again, of going shopping upon a Saturday evening in a busy 
suburb. A plain man will stare at all this, and ask, “ But what in the world 
is the matter here ? ” 
Well, our conscientious friends think there is a great deal in the matter. Each 
time you dig up a primrose you are infringing the claims in it of a thousand other 
persons, by depriving each of them of his one-thousandth share of that primrose. 
If you neglect to remove the scraps of your picnic it is just possible they may 
annoy the sensitive eye of another who might conceivably choose the identical 
spot for his m.eal. Again, should you insist on shopping late on Saturday, you 
will give some extra trouble to worthy shopkeepers who are busy already. 
Park-Cemeteries. — Mrs. A. B. Martino, of Edgbaston, has 
republished, with additions, from Park and Cemetery, through 
Messrs. Cornish Brothers, of Birmingham, her excellent article 
on “ Park-Cemeteries, Garden-Churchyards,” at the modest 
price of a penny. It is a cogent appeal for the really beautiful 
as against those ghastly arrays of monstrosities in stone, our 
modern cemeteries. As to nursery-gardens being made attractive 
to the general public, we would call Mrs. Martino’s attention to 
the case of Messrs. Paul’s arboretum in Epping Forest, which. 
