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remarkable varieties, and the author invites co-operation in 
tabulating all known forms of this unique monocotyledon, 
together with the conditions having a tendency to cause such 
variation. 
Lodgings at Selborne. — In case any Selbornians or others 
are thinking of paying a visit to Selborne, Miss Martelli would 
be very glad to recommend the rooms at Miss Phillips’, Myrtle 
Cottage, Selborne, Alton, Hampshire, as a very comfortable 
place to stay at, and with a pleasant view of the Hanger. 
NATIONAL POSSESSION AT THE ENGLISH 
LAKES. 
LL Selbornians will be glad to hear that the Committee 
of the National Trust for the preservation of places 
of historic interest or natural beauty have determined 
to make an effort to secure for posterity, safe from 
the woodcutters’ axe and the speculative builder, a part of 
the most beautiful fore-shore on the western side of Derwent- 
water. Visitors to the English Lakes know how entirely their 
shores are in the hands of private owners, and though we have 
much to be thankful for in the preservation of woodland and 
quiet meadow by reason of this ownership, there can be no 
question that the boating upon many of these lakes loses 
much of its charm by reason of the fact that except at public 
landing-places, and these are few and far between, there is 
no chance of pushing a boat ashore without the possibilit}' 
of trespass. 
Derwentwater is no exception to this rule, and the Com- 
mittee of the National Trust have been public-spirited enough 
to do what they can to obtain an added pleasure for holiday 
seekers in that part by attempting to secure a mile of the western 
shore which has just come into the market. It is a great oppor- 
tunity, for these properties do not often change hands. In this 
instance, if the public come to the rescue, they will prevent the 
possibility of the woodlands being cut down, or of villas being 
built to the injury of the natural scenery, and to the disturbance 
of its dignified quietude. 
The estate in question lies on a fair slope between the public 
road that passes along Cat Eels and the shore. It reaches from 
Otter Biele Bay, near Hawes End, on the north, to Brandlehowe 
at the south. 
One of the charms of the estate is that it lies adjacent to 
an unenclosed common, and those who land upon it wall be 
able to pass uninterruptedly to the summit of Cat Bels. The 
scenes from the sloping meadows adjacent to Otter Biele Bay, 
of St. Herbert’s Island, the Skiddaw and Blencathra group 
