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 11 8. VII. Mar. 22, 1913.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 231 Botany (11 S. vi. 368, 416, 476 ; vii. 72). —On plants' " sympathies " and " anti- pathies " your Japanese correspondent quite puts to shame us Occidentals ; there must be abundant folk-lore such as the onion-rose item asked about at 11 S. vi. 509. Florists appear to have rules of thumb, such as that " roses and mignonette wilt each other if flowers are mingled, while roses wilt carna- tions ; so it is said that pansies and violets "each last twice as long if kept apart from other flowers, while green leaves give addi- tional life to jonquils and daffodils. Leaves, however, should be chosen to match those natural to each flower, so that feathery foliage helps carnations, but ruins lilies of the valley. Personally, I know nothing as to the above, and merely hope to bring out some better answer. Doubtless a mine of information is ' Natursagen,' edited by Oskar Daehnhardt. Vol. ii., ' Sagen zum Neuen Testament,' under chap, xvi., ' Sufferings and Death of Jesus,' has "XV. Sympathy of the Trees and Plants; XVI. Indifference of the Trees and Plants." The fifth and succeeding volumes will doubtless treat of vegetation in the same way as the four volumes already published, which has met with widespread approval. Rockingham. Boston, Mass. St. Bridget's Bower, Kent (11 S. vii. 150).—Dr. Pegge's ' MS. Collection of Proverbial Sayings used in Kent,' published in vol. ix. of Ardi. Cant., p. 123, leaves the identification in doubt. He writes :— " As to St. Bridget's Bower, I have enquired of the aged Dr. Brett and Mr. Bull, and cannot learn that there is any one remarkable hill in this county so called; and I incline to believe that the large and long ridge of hills that passes east and west the whole length of the county, above Boxley, Holingbourne, &c, is meant by this expression." R. J. Fynmore. I Mr. R. A. Potts—who mentions that it was the late Prof. Skeat who contributed the collection of proverbs relating to Kent to Archctologia Cantiana —also thanked for reply.] Medal (US. vii. 70).—This is not strictly speaking a medal, but a counter. There is a great variety of types, and they are quite common. The piece in question represents a money - changer seated at his table. They were largely used in abbeys, which, drawing revenues from many places having different coinages, needed a standard to reckon by, and these pieces were allotted fictitious values to answer that purpose. William Gilbert. 35, Broad Street Avenue, E.O. Prebendaries of Weighton, York Minster (11 S. vii. 147).—1529, Richard Sydnor. He was a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1494; Archdeacon of Totnes 1515; Rector of Witney. Oxon, 1519: and Canon of Windsor in the same year. He exchanged the rectory of Witney with Dr. John Hygdon for the Prebend of Weighton in 1529, but resigned the prebend in 1532. Died in April, 1534, and was buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor. Further particulars are given in vol. T of the 'Register of Fellows of Magdalen College,' 1894, p. 122. W. D. Macray. John Wingfield was educated at West- minster School and Trin. Coll., Camb. He was Usher at the School 1781-8, Second Master 1788-1802, and Head Master from September to December, 1802. For further particulars see ' Admissions to Trin. Coll., Camb.,' vol. iii. p. 260. and ' Alum. West- mon.'(1852), p. 409. G. F. R. B. Sheridan's ' School for Scandal '(US. vii. 126). — Mr. R. Farquharson Sharp's ' Dictionary of English Authors,' 1897, states that this play was produced at Drury Lane 8 May, 1777, and was published anonymously in the same year. ' A Bio- graphical Dictionary of Living Authors, 1816, gives 'The Rivals,' 1775: 'The Duenna,' 1775 ; ' Trip to Scarborough,' 1781 ;• ' The Critic,' 1779, and continues :— '' These pieces with' The School for Scandal' were collected and printed in a neat volume duodecimo, in Dublin, but it is very remarkable that till very lately the last-mentioned comedy has never been regularly published." w. a. ±1, History of Churches in Situ (11 S. vi. 428. 517 ; vii. 55, 155).—The Parish Church of St. Mary-in-the-Castle, Dover.—A pam- phlet of 24 pp., with six illustrations, is sold in the church, price 6d. My copy bears date 1907, and is the sixth edition. Proceeds of sale are for church expenses not met by the Government grant. St. Martin's, Canterbury.—The visitor to this church is charged 3d., and receives as a receipt a leaflet about 7 in. square, on which is a small engraving of the church from the south-west, with a concise history and description of the building. St. Peter's, Thanet (near Broadstairs).— A four-paged leaflet or pamphlet (9x6 in.), with view of interior (from west), historical summary, architectural description, and list of vicars. The visitor takes this from a stock near the entrance, and places a gratuity in an adjacent receptacle.