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ton, Idlicote, and Eatington. Naha rotundifolia, Shipston- 
on-Stour and Honington. N. moschata is not unfrequent. 
Hypericum hirsatum is widely spread, but H. pulchrum I have 
only seen growing with Senecio sy I rations, Ilieracium horeale , 
and Aim flexuosa on Compton Warren, near Tysoe. Geranium 
pyrenaicum occurs as a casual near Honington. G. pratense 
and Melilotus officinalis are frequent, whilst M. arvensis is 
merely a casual at Tysoe and Oxhill. Trifolium medium , T. 
striatum , and T. Jiliforme are recorded from Honington only. 
T. hybridum is occasional on field borders, a mere remains. 
Anthyllis vulneraria and the pretty T. fragiferum occur at 
Eatington, Honington, and Wliatcote, but Lathyrus nissolia is 
only recorded from Honington, and I have only once seen 
L. niachrorrhizus, near Great Wolford. Gonium maculatum, 
Bison amornum, Silaits pr a ten sis, and Centaurecc scabiosa are 
somewhat frequent. Carum segetum and A do sc a moschatellina 
I have not seen; both are recorded from Honington. Galium 
mollugo I have seen at Halford and Wolford. Carlina vulgaris 
on some moorish land near Wimpstone. Serratula tinctoria 
near Brailes. Inula conyza at Atherstone-on-Stour and 
Wliatcote. Arctium majus Honington and Brailes. Carduus 
nutans Compton Warren, Tysoe, and Wimpstone. C. eriophorus 
on Bright Hill. Taraxacum erythrospermum near Ilmington, 
whilst Carduus crispus and the rayed form of Centaurea nigra 
are not unfrequent. Lamium galeobdolon , frequent in North 
Warwickshire, is rare here; I have only seen it at Barton-on- 
the-Heath. Nepeta Cataria at Lambcote and Atherstone-on- 
Stour. liromus erectus and Brachypodium pinnatum at 
Eatington and Barton-on-the-Heath. Orchis incarnata and 
0. latifolia Mr. Newbould showed me from marshy land near 
Halford. Arena pratensis and Verbena officinalis occur at 
Tredington, just over the county boundary ; and Blackstonia 
perfoliata is recorded by Mr. Townsend from near Admington. 
(To be continued.) 
THE MIDDLE LIAS OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 
BY BEEBY THOMPSON, F.C.S., F.G.S. 
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Control over the Purity.— The first and most persistent 
opposition to this scheme of water supply arose from the 
idea that the water might be made impure by the construction 
of similar dumb-wells for the disposition of sewage or other 
objectionable matter, as there was no legal control over 
