28 AUGUST 1909, Page 17

[To THZ EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."]

find on referring to that most excellent work, "Flowers of the Field," by Rev. C. A. Johns, that " shoes- and-stockings " is the bird's-foot trefoil, Lotus corniculatus. I trust Mr. R. &riven (Spectator, August 21st) will pardon my Menton°, Selwyn Road, Eastbourne.

[We cannot publish any more letters on this subject.— ED. Spectator.]