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the river, and was taken up alive. It was purchased by Mr. OrMe, of Tewkes¬ 
bury, but as it appeared to be suffering greatly from the injury it had received, and 
could not retain food of any kind on its stomach, it was thought desirable to kill 
it. The bird was of full size, perfectly white, and its bill of the unusual length of 
nine inches.— Bath Post , June 23, 1838. 
BOTANY. 
Addenda to the “ Leicestershire Flora” in Nos. viii. & ix of The Na¬ 
turalist. — Bromus arvensis; near Twycross. —Lolium arvense; between Market 
Bos worth and Congerstone.— GdAswm uliginosum; the Park, Market Bos worth. 
*— Radiola millegrana ; Charnwood Forest, near the Reservoir.— Gentiana cam - 
pestris ; Charnwood Forest, near Thrinkstone.-— Anchusa sempervirens ; near 
Snarestone, below the church .—Mgosotis collina ; near Shenton.— Lilium mar- 
tagon ; naturalised in a copse between Osbaston and Market Bosworth.—- 
Epilobium angustifolium ; in a thicket on the left hand entering Bosworth Park 
from Hinckley.— Polemonium cceruleum ; near Market Bosworth.— Bubus ma- 
crophyllus ; near Congerstone.— R. plicatus ; between Swepstone and Pleather ; 
also near Thrinkstone.— R. rliamnifolius ; near Thrinkstone.— Clematis vitalba ; 
near Wimeswold.-— Turriiis glabra; near Osbaston Bar.— Sonchus asper ; com¬ 
mon in gardens, quite distinct from S. oleraceus. — Conyza squarrosa ; between 
Osbaston and Barleston.— Euphorbia exigua ; common. 
The following are additional habitats of plants previously included :— 
Myosurus minimus; Congerstone Field. — Atropa belladonna; field near 
Staunton Harold.— Viola palustris ; Scale Wood.— Galanthus nivalis; Grace- 
dieu Wood.— Car ex strigosa; adjoining the Park on the Sutton road, Market 
Bosworth.— C. pallescens ; between Twycross and Bilstone.— Equisetum hyemale; 
in a plantation between Measham and Ashby-de-la-Zouch. 
In the “ Leicestershire Flora,” Nos. viii. and ix., for “ Mount BosworthT 
read Market Bosworth. —Yol. II., p. 82,1. 9, for “ obtusifolius” obtusijlorus. — 
Andrew Bloxam, Atherstone , Leicestershire , Aug. 21, 1838. 
Botanical Lectures at Rochdale. — John Roby, Esq., has just completed a 
course of ten lectures on Botany, illustrated by large diagrams, at Rochdale, 
Lancashire. There was likewise a number of paintings on glass, shown through 
a transparent screen. The object was to make Botany easy, pleasant, and 
familiar to a mixed assembly. If we may judge from the increasing and crowded 
audiences, the lecturer succeeded very admirably in rendering even this dry sub¬ 
ject popular, and within the comprehension of all classes. The means were new. 
Mr. Roby had not another’s experience to fall back upon; and he has reason to 
feel proud that at the last lecture the theatre was crammed to the very ceiling. 
We should be glad to find such lectures multiplying in the land.— Ed. 
