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 A HISTORY OF SUFFOLK •observed in the various parishes where he held curacies, Aldeburgh, Great Yarmouth, Fram- lingham, &c. In later years he held livings in Leicestershire and Wiltshire. Whilst in Suffolk he added to the county, Trigonella purpurascens, Bupleurum tenuissimum, Pulicaria vulgaris, Carduus eriophorus, Ga/eopsis versicolor. Crocus vernus, Damasonium stellatum, Stratiotes Mloides, Spartina stricta, &c. Crabbe died in 1832, and before that date Dawson Turner, a banker in Yarmouth, had attracted attention as a botanist by producing, in conjunction with L. W. Dillwyn, the Botanists' Guide (1805). In this book Turner reported for the first time several species from the county, chiefly from the north-east corner, such as Gagea fascicularis, Carex axillaris, C. filiformis, ice. Lilly Wigg (i 749-1 828) also contributed Suffolk records to the Botanists' Guide ; he was trained for a shoemaker, turned schoolmaster, and eventually became a clerk in Dawson Turner's bank at Yarmouth. His mention of localities in the county for Trifolium squamosum, Peucedanum palustre, Pyrola rotundifoUa, Verbascum Blattaria, Centunculus minimus, Polygonatum multijiorum, Rhyncospora alba, Scirpus pauciflorus, and some others, appear to be the earliest notices. T. J. Woodward (who flourished during the end of the i8th century), living at Bungay, was the means of adding to the county Helleborus viridis, Pyrus Aria, Schollera Occycoccus, Statice bahusiensis, Suaeda fruticosa, Alopecurus bulbosus, znA others. He died in 1820. D. E. Davy, who also contributed to the Botanists' Guide, residing at Ufford and Yox- ford, seems to have been the first to have found the following in Suffolk : — Crambe maritima, Dianthus Armeria, Pyrus tormina/is, Erythraa pulchella. Cyclamen hederaefolium, Verbascum Virgatum, Lastraa cristata, &c. In 1 834 there appeared a book, The Natural History of Yarmouth, by two brothers, Charles and James (afterwards Sir James) Paget, the former undertaking the entomological portion and James the rest. The latter became an eminent surgeon in London and was obliged to relinquish his hold upon botany ; a bust by Boehm at the Royal College of Surgeons and a portrait by Millais at St. Bartholomew's Hospital are evidences of his popularity. The fresh species to Suffolk in the abovermentioned work include Lepidium hirtum, Chenopodium ficifolium, Myrica Gale, Ruppia rostellata, Carex limosa, and Lastraa Oreopteris. Sir James Paget died in 1899. The first Flora of Suffolk was that published in i860 by the Rev. J. S. Henslow and Edmund Skepper, who, besides contributing original matter themselves, included much material gathered from the Phytologist (old series). Old and New Botanists' Guides, English Botany, iic, and notes from contemporary observers. The Rev. J. S. Henslow (1796-1861), better known perhaps as Professor Henslow, became the rector of Hitcham in 1837, and resided there until his death ; his collaborateur, Edmund Skepper, spent the major part of his life at Bury as a druggist. He was a much younger man than Professor Henslow, being born in 1825, but he only survived the latter six years. The Flora produced by these two botanists did not pretend to be an exhaustive one, but aimed merely to call attention to what little had already been done, and to stimulate others to complete the task. The editors themselves recorded for the county Raphanus maritimus, Erythraa littoralis. Allium vineale, f uncus compressus, Potamogeton coloratus, P. trichoides, Alopecurus fulvus, Calamagrostis lanceolata, &c. The Rev. E. N. Bloomfield, who formerly lived at Glemham and is now rector of Guestling, Sussex, contributed to this Flora, and added Orchis hircina (now probably extinct, as one plant only was found and that in 1847), Scirpus cernuus, Festuca Myurus, &c. ; he also rediscovered for the county, in 1855, Eryngium campestre in a fresh locality (found by Buddie in the 17th century in Lothingland), but this is now again lost. Mention may also be made of F. K. Eagle (discoverer of Sanguisorba officinalis, Gnapha- lium luteo-album and Senecio paludosus) ; the Rev. K. Trimmer, author of the Flora of Norfolk, and the Rev. W. W. Newbould, wTio found Glyceric Borreri and Apera intcrrupta in the county, all of whom contributed to the volume. In 1889 there appeared a new work upoh the plants of the county, the Flora of Suffolk by the Rev. W. M. Hind, rector of Honington from 1875 to 1894. He was born in 18 15 in Ireland, studied at Trinity College, Dublin, was appointed curate at Pulverbach, Salop, and then at Pinner, Hertfordshire, until 1875. The title of LL.D. was conferred upon him in 1870 at the time of his presentation to Trinity College, Dublin, of his large Herbarium. Although by no means a critical botanist. Dr. Hind showed by his Flora that he was capable of much thoroughness in gathering together material from various out-of-the-way SO