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it in one place this year. I have found white melilot this year. Iktony and 
prenior.se scabious are found almost, if not quite, pure white. White valerian may 
be seen by the side of the railway near .Maidstone. I am not sure of white fox- 
glove outside the garden ; but white “ blue-bells ” are found in our woods from 
lime to time ; and I suspect other species could be named by better observers. 
Kxcept in the case of the violets, the white variety is the exception. 
Otham, Maidstone. F. M. Mil. LARI). 
Melilot.us officinalis. — A plant of this native species appeared in my 
garden at Hrighton last year, and this year has grown to such unusual dimensions 
as perhaps to deserve a note. The extreme limit of height given in such books 
on British flora as I possess is four feet, but the tallest of the five stems of my 
plant measures eleven feet and six inches. It began flowering ten weeks ago and 
has not yet finished, the number of racemes produced being at least sixteen 
hundred. It has been much admired for its graceful lightness, and enquiries have 
been made as to what the beautiful, new exotic shrub is. I do not know what the 
favourable condition is ; the soil is far from rich, and no other plant in the 
garden exhibits a luxuriant growth. The position is sheltered, except from the 
north-east. 
Brighton, J. L. Otter. 
September 30, 1 902. 
SELBORNE SOCIETY NOTICES. 
Council Meeting. — The u.sual monthly meeting of the Council will be 
held at 20, Hanover Square, W., on Wednesday, November 12, at 5.30 p.m. 
New Members. — Arthur B. Prowse, Esq., M.D., Clifton ; Henry Pantin, 
Esq., Beckenham; R. Hedger Wallace, Esq., Ealing; and L. Douglas Wilson, 
Esq., Brondesbury. 
Donations and Subscriptions. — The Council beg to acknowledge the 
following subscriptions over 5s. : Mrs. M. J. Teesdale, los. ; Executors of the 
late Sir Edward Hertslet, los. 6d. ; Lady Earrer, 20s. ; Geo. H. Edwards, Esq., 
21S. ; Mrs. A. Severn, los. ; Mrs. F. Alfred Currey, £t, 3s., and Thos. Layton, 
Pisq., I os. 
Mr. Wilfred Mark Webb, who has for some lime past been the delegate of 
the Ealing Branch, has been elected a member of the Council and Honorary 
Librarian. 
NEWS FROM THE BRANCHES. 
Bath. — The following lectures have been arranged for the winter: — 
October 13. — “Reminiscences of the P'lowers of 1902, as seen through the 
Stereoscope,” .Mr. E. J. Appleby. 
November 10. — “Notes on the Bath Flora,” Mr. W. C. Ellwood. 
November 14. — “ The Growth and Structure of a Tree,” Miss Wheelwright. 
December 8. — “ Mosses,” Miss Wheelwright. 
January 9, 1903, — “ The Decorative Aspect of Plant Life,” Mr. Griffen. 
February 13. — “Stone Crosses, Ancient and Modern.” Mr. E. J. Appleby. 
March i6. — “Life History of a Fern,” Miss Long. 
Croydon. — The following winter meetings have been arranged : — 
October 2. — “ Some Surrey Birds,” by E. A. Martin, Esq., F.G.S. Illustrated 
by Lantern Slides lent by the Society for the Protection of Birds. 
October 22 (Wednesday). — “ .Sheep and Goats,” by the Hon. Sec. Chil- 
dren’s Lecture at Mission Hall, Johnson Road, NVhitehorse Road, at 7 o’clock. 
Humanitarian League Slides. 
November 6. — “Volcanoes,” by H. Keatley Moore, Esq., B.A., B.Mus. 
December 4. — “ The Geological History of Croydon,” by N. F. Robarts, Esq., 
F.G.S. Lantern Lecture. 
February 5. — “ Gilbert White and his Visits to Ringmer, Sussex,” by William 
Martin, Esq., M.A., LL.D. Lantern Lecture, with New Views of Selborne. 
