June, 1892. HISTORY OF THE COUNTY BOTANY OF WORCESTER. 148 
* Rosa verticillacantha. 65. 
* R. andevagensis. 65. 
R. caesia. 65. First record. 
R. coriifolia. 65. First record. 
* Sedum dasyphyllum. 60. First Malvern record. 
* Verbascum nigrum. 60. First Malvern record. 
The transactions of the Malvern Naturalists’ Field Club, 
in three parts, 1855 to 1870, contain several papers by 
Mr. Lees, but no additional matter pertinent to the present 
history. 
The third edition of the “ Botany of the Malvern Hills ” 
was Mr. Lees’s last serious work. He died at Worcester on 
the 21st October, 1887, at the advanced age of eighty-seven, 
and was buried on the 28th at Pendock, near Tewkesbury. 
A notice of his life and works appears in the “Journal of 
Botany,” Vol. XXV. (1887), p. 884. He did more to eluci¬ 
date the botany of his county than any of his predecessors. 
(To be continued.) 
The Geology op Dudley and the Midlands. —At the last annual 
meeting of the Midland Union of Natural History Societies, held at 
Dudley last year, Professor Lapworth, F.B. S., delivered a most 
interesting address on the Geology of the district, which he has since 
revised, and a few copies are now offered for sale (price 6£d. post free), 
which may be obtained on application to Mr. W. Wickham King, 
Pedmore House, Stourbridge. No one living is more able to speak 
with authority about local Geology than Professor Lapworth, and 
every one interested will, we feel assured, be glad to possess a copy of 
his most interesting and instructive address. 
The Fauna and Flora of Gloucestershire (the fauna edited by 
Mr. C. Witchell, and the flora by Mr. W. B. Strugnell) is announced 
for speedy publication. We are informed that this work has occupied 
three years in compilation. It will run to BOO pages, and will contain 
several illustrations. Mr. Witckell’s “ Beptilia and Batrachia,” and 
his “ Songs of the Birds,” are well known and appreciated. In his 
department of the forthcoming volume he has had the assistance 
of the principal naturalists of the county. The “ Flora ” tabulates 
1,088 Flowering Plants and Ferns, and there will also be a list of the 
local Mosses and Hepaticae by well-known botanists. The volume will 
be issued to subscribers at 10s. 6d. per copy. The price to non¬ 
subscribers will be 12s. 6d. The publisher is Mr. G. H. James, 
bookseller, Stroud. 
