and Mrs. S. Smith were passed unanimously, together with cordial thanks to Mr. Holland for his efficient aid upon the occasion; and the meeting dispersed highly gratified with the proceedings. And now, Courteous Reader, the textual portion of this my new edition is, as far as care and pains would serve me, finished and completed. And leaving you to examine at leisure the "Gleanings in Natural History" within our Vale, which I have arranged and appended to the work, and for the materials of which I am particularly indebted to the Rev. David Davis, late of Evesham; to Miss Strickland, late of Cracombe; to Mr. Herbert New, of Evesham; to Mr. Gibbs, of Offenham ;-and further directing your attention to the documents copied and the notices contained in the "Appendix" to my volume,-I, nowise regretful of my labour if I be rewarded with your approval, do now most cordially bid to youFAREWELL. GLEANINGS IN NATURAL HISTORY. I. CHARACTERISTIC AND RARE PLANTS IN THE VICINITY; CHIEFLY PHENOGAMOUS OR FLOWERING. ACINOS VULGARIS, Basil Thyme. Bredon Hill. Agrimonia Eupatoria, Agrimony. New Road, Lench Woods, and Bredon Hill. Agrostemma Githago, Corn-cockle. Corn Fields. Anagallis Arvensis, Pimpernel. Common. Cærulea. Brockhill Hill. Rotundifolium, Common Hare's Ear. Corn Fields, near Bishampton. Caltha Palustris, Marsh Marigold. Banks of the Avon. Campanula Rotundifolia, Round-leaved Bell Flower. Abundant the white variety on Elmley Road. Woods. Trachelium, Nettle-leaved Bell Flower. Bredon Hill, and Lench Cerastium Aquaticum, Water Chickweed. Banks of the Avon. Cheiranthus Cheiri, Wall Flower. Church. The Bell Tower, Abbey Wall, and All-saints' Chelidonium Majus, Common Celandine. Lane leading into Merstowe-green, Hedge near Wyre Turnpike. Cicorium Intybus, Wild Succory. Worcester Road, and Bredon Hill. Chironia. See Erythræa. Chlora Perfoliata, Perfoliate Yellow Wort, Hipton Hill, and Lench Woods. Circea Lutetiana, Enchanter's Nightshade. Tarecote Wood, Bredon Hill, and |