FLOWER SANCTUARIES.
cannot escape from the subject of flower sanctuaries. The latest news comes from East Anglia. I suppose that among the-mhst peculiar districts in England is the so-called Brecklandi -It is not' only unlike other districts in appearance and soil : -much of -it has been less disturbed since glacial times than other land. A characteristic area has been secured "in perpetuity" by- the Norfolk -Naturalists' Trust, and though 4his beneficent organization is' more often con- cerned- with hirds-than plants—and Breckland birds also are :peculiar to the district—the' plants .perhaps matter Most- in tbia-last'instance. -At any rate, the acquisition of the land has been celebrated by a lecture and subsequently a little book Of immense learning by Professor Salisbury (Naturalists' Trust, 31 Surrey Street, Norwich, 5s.) called The East Anglian Flora. It is almost a book on English flowers in general, and the maps of distribution are some of the hest ever published.
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