Wild Daphne Reports of the localities in which Daphne mezereum
grows wild have been few—but rather because of the rareness of correspondents, I fear, than of localities. But it is interesting to hear of it from three counties: Wiltshire, Hampshire and Staffordshire. In the first it is evidently so rare that its station is a hushed secret between natural history societies and a few local enthusiasts ; in the second it was found in 1935 but, alas, had disappeared three years later. Only in Staffordshire does it seem to be at all plentiful. There, in certain districts (which for obvious reasons I shall not name) it grows " wild all through the woods." Only one correspondent gives any idea of the type of soil in which it is found. This is the Wiltshire correspondent, who describes it as growing in " very wet ground." To my surprise there are no new reports of it from Kent, which is reported to possess more species of wild flower than any other county.
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