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Canvey Island.52 More probably it was P. aviculare var. littorale
(Link), which is recorded from Essex by Syme.53
p. 106. " Rubus morns. The Mulberry Bramble, so call'd by the Countrey
people at Sutton in Essex."
This has been shown,54 thanks to a specimen in Samuel
Dale's herbarium, to be Rubus thyrsoidens Bell.
p. 119. " Tragopogon minus angustifolium G. 735. 3. 2 mile on this side
Epping in the forest." [Tragopogon pratense L. var. minus (Mill.)]
p. 120. " Trifolius Lapatum C.B. capite albidiori minusque aspero
two miles beyond Tilbury towards Lee in Essex."
This species is placed in the I ridiculus plantarum dubiarum of the
Dillenian Synopsis (1724), and I am not more certain as to the
correctness of referring it to Trifolium scabrum L. than was Gibson
(Flora of Essex, p. 76) ; but, considering that T. scabrum occurs
not far off, it is difficult to suggest any other identification.
(To be continued.)
EDUCATION IN RURAL SCHOOLS.
By Prof. R. MELDOLA, F.R.S., &c.
It is a matter of congratulation that the new Board of
Education has at the outset of its existence officially
recognized the requirements cf country children in the way of
education. All who have interested themselves in the great
questions connected with modern education have long since
realized that the curricula of town schools were not at all
adequate for the training in rural districts of children, whose
future career might be more or less dependent on agricultural
pursuits. It will be remembered that last summer a forcible
speech on this subject was delivered by Sir John Gorst at the
Countess of Warwick's School at Bigods, near Dunmow. I may
add that the necessity for differentiating between town and
country education has long been recognized by Lady Warwick
as well as by the writer of this note. The school at Bigods, due
to the munificence and educational foresight of my distinguished
52 Gibson's Flora of Essex.
53 English Botany, ed. ni., vol. via., p. 68.
54 H. N. Ridley, in Journal of Botany, 1885, p. 370.