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BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS FOR MARCH. 
(Continued from page 87.) 
Netted-rooted Crocus, Crocus reticulatus ; Purple Spring Crocus, C. vernus ; 
Spurge-laurel Mezereon, Eaphne laureola; Common Mezereon, D. mezereum ; 
Hare’s-tail Cotton-grass, Eriophorum vaginatum; Early Knappia, Knappia 
agrostidea ; Broad-leaved Hairy Wood-rush, Luzula pilosa ; Common Daffodil, 
Narcissus pseudo-narcissus; Annual Meadow-grass, Poa annua; Sloe, or 
Black-thorn, Prunus spinosa ; Two-leaved Squill, Scilla bifolia ; Smooth-leaved 
Elm, Ulmus glabra; Dutch Cork-harked Elm; U. major; Cork-barked Elm, 
U. suberosa ; Sweet Violet, Viola odor ala ; Common Alder, Alnus glutmosa ; 
Maiden-hair Spleenwort, Asplenium trichomanes ; Common Daisy, Beilis peren- 
nis; Common Hazelnut, Corglus avellana; Plairy Ladies’-smock, Cardamine 
hirsuta; Yellow Whitlow-grass, Draba aizoides; Common Whitlow-grass, I), 
verna; Corn Horse-tail, Equisetum arvense; Wood Spurge, Euphorbia amyg- 
daloides; Red Shrubby Spurge, E. characias; [ Stinking Hellebore, Helleborus 
foetidus; Rock Hutchinsia, Hutchinsia petrcea; Henhit Dead-nettle, or Great 
Henbit, Lamium amplexicaule; Strawberry-leaved Cinquefoil, Potentilla fraga - 
riastrum; White Poplar, Popidus alba; Grey Poplar, P. canescens; Aspen or 
Trembling Poplar, P.trtmula; Black Poplar, P. nigra; Common Butcher’s- 
broom, Iiusmis aculeatus; Rose Willow, Salix helix ; Boyton Willow, S. Lam- 
bertiana; Olive-leaved Willow, A. ole folia; Prostrate Willow, S. prostrata; 
Purple Willow, S.pwpurea; Auricled Osier Willow, S, stipularis ; Common 
Groundsel, Senecio vulgaris; Common Yew, Saxus baccata; Shepherd’s Purse, 
Tliraspi bulsa-pastoris ; Colt’s-foot, Tussilago farfara. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
Prize-essays on the Turnip-fly. 
To the Editor of The Naturalist . 
Sir, —The Prospectus of the Prize-Essays for the Entomological Society for the 
year 1838 is to the following effect, as already advertised both in the Natural 
History periodicals and the London and provincial papers. 
Prize Essay on the black grub of the Turnip.—An arrangement has been made 
between the Entomological Society of London and the Agricultural Society of 
