27 APRIL 1934, Page 16

Protected Flowers A complete list of the Rowers especially protected

in the several counties has been made out by the Council for the Preservation of Rural England, One list is of great interest to the general public, and another to botanists in par- ticular. The division in general is into a list of " common " and " other " plants ; the common list of Kent is typical and it may interest less learned countrymen to read in Latin as well as English : Anemone nemorosa . . Wood Anemone Caltha paluetrie . . Marsh Marigold

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. . Wood Violet Viola Riviniana ..h Lyelinie dioiea .. Red Campion • Lymnis

Flos-cucuii

. . Ragged Robin

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Catnpanula rotundifolia . . Harebell Primula vulgarie . . . . Primrose

Primula verie . .

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Myosotis palustris . .

Digitalis purpurea . . . . Foxglove Scala nutans . Bluebell W. BEACn THOMAS.