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Professor Ledebros, near the Black Sea. In speaking on the subject to Mr. 
Henry Shepherd, the present curator of the Liverpool Botanic Gardens, he 
states that some few years since, being in one of the alpine woods of Lancashire, 
at the time Nuts were ripe, he found one tree bearing fruit very much like the 
Filbert, both in shape, and also in its covering; the shell was also equally thin. 
Mr. Shepherd brought some of them home and planted them, and when he left 
that part of the country the trees were three feet high, since which period he has 
not seen them. The place is about fifteen miles north-east of Lancaster, in the 
parish ofTatham, near Longill.—T. B. Hall, Woodside , Liverpool , Feb. 1, 1838. 
Clematis vitalba. — I can confirm Mr. Hall’s statement, at p. 27, of Clematis 
vitalba occurring in Essex ; it grows in considerable abundance in the lanes near 
Saffron Walden. It seems to prefer a chalky soil, and I think I never saw it in 
such profusion as in the chalk districts near Fareham in Hampshire. Many of 
your readers may not be aware of the great variety of form the leaves of this 
plant assume, giving very different characters to the whole plant. Sometimes 
they are quite entire, without any appearance of dissection, while at others they 
are divided completely down to the mid-rib, and specimens are found in all the 
intermediate grades of development.— Edwin Lankester, Campsall , near Don¬ 
caster , Jan. 12, 1838. 
Blood Red Wheat. —An instance of the prolific nature of the Wheat bearing 
this name has lately been produced, and is deserving of being placed on record 
amongst our agricultural memorandums. The produce of a piece of old cultivated 
land, belonging to Mr. William Cowlishaw, of Carlton in Lindrick, which 
barely measures one acre , has been winnowed during the last week, and the result 
is 66 bushels of the best, and 3 bushels of hinder-ends-r-being somewhat more 
than 23 loads per acre ! The best weighs 14 stone 2 lbs., and is sold to Mr. 
Baxter, of the Worksop steam mill, for 22 s. Qd. per load. Many instances 
might be produced of the great yield of this Wheat (often confounded with the 
golden drop), exceeding that of almost any other—and the prejudices which 
existed against it in the minds of some millers, on its first introduction, are 
gradually on the decline. The price, as stated above, given by a well-known 
good judge, and careful buyer, is also an evidence that its quality is not inferior. 
We are indebted for its introduction into this neighbourhood to Mr. St. John 
Cartwright, of Worksop, who purchased it (being the prize Wheat) at one of 
the agricultural meetings in Scotland about three years ago.— - Doncaster Gazette , 
Feb. 2 . 
Common Butcher-broom. —The leaf of the Common Butcher-broom (Ruscus 
aculeatus ), late in autumn, presents a very curious appearance, all the fleshy 
parts of the leaf having been removed by the action of the rain upon it. The 
strong fibrous part, commonly called the nerves, alone remains. This is beauti- 
