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of simples,” the only addition he made to the county record was 
that of Libanotis montana . His contemporary, William Curtis, 
noticed Trifolium ochroleucum ; he is well known for his splendid 
‘Flora Londinensis,’ and also as the founder of the ‘Botanical 
Magazine,’ a serial still vigorously carried on under the editorship 
of Sir Joseph Hooker. 
Many other botanists are noted in Pryor’s ‘ Flora,’ hut the list is 
too long to engage our attention. From the end of the eighteenth 
century we soon come to the first flora of Hertfordshire, and the 
names of William Higgins Coleman and of Robert Holden 
Webb will ever he held in high honour by local observers. From 
them we soon arrive at men of our own time, and can recall 
excursions made in the company of many who have since passed 
away; the recollection of those pleasant rambles in byegone days 
remaining with ns as a delightful possession. When the time 
arrives for our work to he impartially judged, may it prove worthy 
to he ranked with that of our predecessors. 
