5 JULY 1945, Page 15

WILLOW-HERB

SIR,—Under "Country Notes" in this week's Spectator the question is asked—and a reply requested, whether Willow-herb (Epilobium augusti- folium) has only recently reached Scotland.

Here in Angus it has been more or less abundant for at least 25 years, but has increased enormously during the past ten as the result of dis- forestation. Many acres, in this county at any rate, have been " set on fire "—and on the hillsides it is difficult to distinguish it, in the distance, from the carp heather.—Yours, &c., EDWARD W. MILLAR. Rosemount, Montrose.