200 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY BOTANY OF WORCESTER. 
Shrawley Wood near his residence .” The plant has been 
diligently searched for in this locality, but has not been seen 
there for upwards of 40 years. 
Turner and Dillwyn's well-known “ Botanists' Guide,” in 
two volumes, with lists for each county in England and 
Wales, was published in 1805. The Worcestershire list, 
Yol. II., p. 656, contains 70 species only, mainly on the 
authorities of Merrett, Hudson, Nash, Withering, Stokes, and 
Ballard. Dr. Slieward’s Catalogue in Nash’s Supplement, 
1799, seems to have escaped notice. It yields only the 
following new records :— 
Turritis glabra. Near Stourbridge. Rev. W. Wood. 
Epilobium angustifolium. Near Bewdlev. Mr. Dyer. 
Gnaphalium margaritaceum. By a rivulet in the heart of Wire 
Forest. Rev. Mr. Butt. 
Alisma natans. Near Tenbury. Mr. A. Aikin. 
A passing reference must now be made to a work mentioned 
by Mr. Lees, at p. 116 of his Botany of Worcestershire. This 
is the “ Agriculture of Bromsgrove ,” by J. Carpenter, of Chad¬ 
wick Manor, near Bromsgrove, Yol. I., 1808, Vol. II., 1805. 
I have not seen this book, but Mr. Lees informs me that it 
contains an engraving of two plants, described as very 
injurious to cattle. One is the Me'adow Saffron ; the other, 
which Carpenter calls “ Stavesacre," appears from the plate to 
be the Larkspur. Of the latter he writes, “ This plant grows 
in some parts of this county , but wherever seen , care should be 
taken to prevent its future growth." 
It may be well to insert here a correction for which I am 
indebted to my excellent friend, the Bev. J. H. Thompson, of 
Cradley. He tells me that I was in error in writing that 
“ the Larkspur has not been seen within the County by any 
living Botanist.” He has furnished me with the following 
records of specimens gathered by himself and now in his 
herbarium:— 
1844. Holt. 
1852. September 3rd. Cornfield at east end of Cray- 
combe Hill; apparently wild. 
1871. August 5th. East side of Hartlebury Common. 
1885. July 23rd. Near Churchill Viaduct. 
He adds that in every case except the second the plants were 
probably escapes from cultivation. 
From Carpenter we pass naturally to William Pitt and his 
“ General View of the Agriculture of the County of Worcester ,” 
one of the series of reports previously mentioned, published 
by order of the “ Board of Agriculture." Pitt lived at Pende- 
