MR. HERBERT SPENCER’S BIRTHDAY 
154 
38, Queen’s Gardens, Bayswater, London, 
April 28th, 1884. 
Dear Mr. Hughes, 
Will you please, on the occasion of the next meet¬ 
ing, convey to the Sociological Section my warm thanks for 
the manifestation of their sympathy. Of the various expres¬ 
sions of kind feeling which from time to time come, in one 
shape or other, theirs is one of the most pleasing to me. 
The hope that I may be enabled to complete my work is 
one to which I can respond with more satisfaction than 
for some time past; since I have of late considerably im¬ 
proved in my working power, and have some reason to 
believe that I may, with care, be enabled presently to resume 
my ordinary rate of working. 
Ati 
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Believe me, 
Sincerely yours, 
HERBERT SPENCER. 
Note.—T he paragraph marked * * * referred to a private 
matter, of no interest to the general public. 
THE FLORA OF WARWICKSHIRE. 
AN ACCOUNT OF THE FLOWEKING PLANTS AND FERNS 
OF THE COUNTY OF WARWICK. 
BY JAMES E. BAGNALL. 
{Continued from page 116.) 
POLYGON ACKvE .—Continued. 
POLYGONUM. 
P. Fagopyrum, Linn. Buckwheat. 
Casual: In cultivated ground and on railway banks. Local and 
uncertain. 
I. New railway banks, Sutton Park, abundant, 1878; Colesliill Heath; 
Marston Green. 
II. Near Wilmcote; Warwick Castle Park, Herb. Perry; Kenilworth, 
Dr. Baker , 1880, Herb. Bab.; Honily ; Stoneleigh ; Milverton ; 
Berkswell, II. B. 
This is frequently sown for feeding game, and cannot, I think, be 
considered naturalised in any of these stations. 
P. Convolvulus, Linn. Climbing Buckioheat. 
Native : In woods, by roadsides, and in cultivated fields and gardens. 
Common. June to October. Area general. 
P. aviculare. Linn. Common Knot Grass. 
Native: In fields, on heaths, by roadsides, etc. Common. June to 
October. Area as an aggregate species general. 
