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REMAEKS ON THE PREPARATION 
discovery of Alcliemilla vulgaris in a frequented part of Leigh 
Wood, near the Suspension Bridge, where its presence had never 
been dreamt of, until Mr. Bucknall happily noticed it. 
The well-known lines from Gray’s Elegy are most appro- 
priately remembered, as one dwells upon these examples, of 
which one more may he given. Biclens tripartita had not been 
included in the Flora of Weymouth until the other day, when a 
friend of mine found a ditchful of it on the Lodmoor, a marsh 
contiguous to the town. Now, my friend and I have botanized 
upon the Lodmoor perhaps a hundred times, and many others 
also, yet apparently, because we all followed an inviting track, 
this out of the way ditch was never visited. The lesson to be 
here learnt is, that paths and beaten tracks are to be avoided, 
and that it is in the most unfrequented, unattractive, and 
unlikely situations, that discoveries are chiefly to be made. 
A maritime district being necessarily bounded by the coast- 
line, at some point on which its centre will be placed, approaches 
more or less to a semicircle in outline, and might, on account of 
the reduction in area, have an increased radius, say of twelve 
miles. This limit was adopted by Mr. Archer Briggs in his 
most admirable Flora of Plymouth. 
If the geographical features of the country permit, it 
may be deemed advisable for convenience of record, that the 
area within the limit be divided into subordinate districts. 
These should be clearly defined on the map to be published 
with the Flora. 
As a second preliminary, there arises the very important 
and practical question of classification and nomenclature — the 
arrangement and naming of the plants. On what lines shall 
the new Flora be constructed, in order that it may fulfil the 
liighest requirements ? Shall it reflect the views of Bentham, 
Babington, Boswell Syme, or those of the compiler of the 
London Catalogue ? These very influential authorities differ 
