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THE ESSEX NATURALIST. 
fact that Dr. Joseph Freeman’s mother was a Miss Hersee from 
Sussex, and that he was a frequent visitor to that county. 
Holidays Were also often spent at Southwold and Aldeburgh, 
and some of the specimens Were probably collected in those 
localities. The majority seem, however, to have been gathered 
in Essex. 
The third herbarium was also made by Joseph Freeman and 
consists of 116 specimens, mounted on separate sheets. In 
every instance, the locality, and the year in which the plant was 
found, is given. The collection was made between 1836 and 
1840, but the majority of the plants were gathered in 1838. 
Most of them came from Stratford, “ near Stratford,” and 
Wanstcad. Other localities given are Low Leyton, near 
Leyton, Levtonstone, Plaistow Marshes, East Ham, Woodford,, 
near Woodford, High Beech and Snaresbrook. These 
specimens will always have an interest for Essex botanists, 
not because of their rarity, but because the growth of greater 
London has covered most of the places in which they Were 
found with bricks and mortar. A few of the species pro¬ 
bably survive in their ancient habitats, but for most of them 
search would be in vain. 
It is unnecessary here to chronicle the various species and 
localities. Many are given in Joseph Freeman’s Stratford 
Flora mentioned hereafter. A few specimens, however, 
may be mentioned :— Isatis tinctoria was found near Albury, 
Surrey, in 1838 ; Dianthus caryophyllus on an old wall at 
East Ham in 1840 ; Geranium striatum near High Beech in 
1836 ; Drosera rotundifolia at High Beech in 1838 ; Campanula 
patula in a field near Leytonstone church in 1839 ; Cuscuta 
epithymum at Wanstead in 1838 ; Hottonia palusiris at 
Stratford in 1838 ; and Polygonum bistcrta at Stratford in 1839. 
Joseph Freeman has a permanent place among Essex botanists 
as the author of a list of the more interesting plants found by 
him during his excursions in the vicinity of Stratford, Leyton- 
stone, Wanstead, and Snaresbrook, numbering 191 species, 
published in 1839. 1 He wrote also a small volume entitled 
The Stratford Flora: containing a List of the Flowering Plants 
and Ferns growing spontaneously in the neighbourhood of Stratford, 
Essex, arranged according to the Natural System, by Joseph 
Freeman Printed by G. Blight, Fenchurch Street, E.C. (1862^ 
I Pi ■oc. Bot. Soc. of London, i (1839), pp. 48-49. 
