Jan., 1891 . 
CONSTANCE NADEN : A MEMOIR. 
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CONSTANCE NADEN: A MEMOIR.* 
Many readers will remember that in our last volume we 
published an interesting memoir of Miss Constance C. W. 
Naden, written by her admiring friend, Mr. W. R. Hughes, 
F.L.S., supplemented by valuable contributions from Pro¬ 
fessor Tilden, F.R.S., and Dr. Lewins. This memoir has 
since been almost wholly re-written and largely added 
to by communications from some of Miss Naden’s most 
intimate friends, giving many personal reminiscences, the 
chief of which is a delightfully interesting “ Introduction,” by 
Professor Lap worth, F.R.S., which adds greatly to the value 
of this gratifying memorial of a lady whom Birmingham 
men will always regard as one of the most gifted of its 
citizens. The thanks of the community are due to Mr. 
Hughes for the loving pains he has taken to place within every 
one’s reach an interesting and permanent record of this 
highly endowed lady, and to Dr. Lewins for having it printed 
in the dainty volume before us; for it is entirely to him 
that the publication of this volume is due. To his generosity 
we owe the beautiful bust of Miss Naden, the “Constance 
Naden Medal,” the lately issued volume, “ Induction and 
Deduction,” and the present “Memoir.” Dr. Lewins also 
intends to publish another volume of Miss Naden’s Essays. 
HISTORY OF THE COUNTY BOTANY OF WORCESTER. 
BY WM. MATHEWS, M.A. 
(Continued from Vol. XIII., page 259.) 
The Botany of Worcestershire, by Mr. Edwin Lees, was 
published at Worcester in 1867. It embodies the labours 
of the Botanists of the Worcestershire Naturalists’ Club, 
extending over a period of twenty years, and is the hrst 
attempt to record all the plants of the county. 
The book commences with an Introduction, pp. i. to xci., 
arranged under the following heads:— 
v. Limitation of species to particular localities, 
x. Sudden appearance of plants in particular places, 
xvii. Naturalised and introduced plants, 
xxiii. Plants of early introduction to England, 
xxvii. Modern immigrants and garden stragglers. 
’Constance Naden : A Memoir. By W. R. Hughes, F.L.S., with an 
introduction by Professor Lapworth, LL.D., F.R.S., and additions by 
Professor Tilden, D.Sc., F.R.S.. and Robert Lewins, M.D. London": 
Bickers and Sou ; Birmingham : Cornish Brothers. 
