COLLEY HILL.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In my paper on "Plant Protection" which I read at the British Association meeting at Portsmouth I stated, with the authority of Sir Robert Hunter, that the National Trust would receive with pleasure a suggestion that reservations shot 01 be made for plants on certain of their properties which have never been common lands.
Colley Hill, which the Trust is striving to acquire, was mentioned in this connexion, and in conversation with a representative of the Press I stated that any enclosure for plants would prove a sanctuary for birds, but the announce- ment that the Selborne Society had decided to make several enclosures on land to be purchased by the National Trust is, of course, quite premature. It is pleasant to feel that there is a great interest being taken in the preservation of animals and plants in this country, but the first step must necessarily be the preservation of suitable tracts a land for the formation of reservations.—I am, Sir, &c.,
WILFRED MARK WEBB,
Honorary Secretary of the Selborne Society.
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