24 THE ESSEX NATURALIST.
fact that Dr. Joseph Freeman's mother was a Miss Hersee from
Sussex, and that he was a frequent visitor to that county.
Holidays Were also often spent at Southwold and Aldeburgh,
and some of the specimens were probably collected in those
localities. The majority seem, however, to have been gathered
in Essex.
The third herbarium was also made by Joseph Freeman and
consists of 116 specimens, mounted on separate sheets. In
every instance, the locality, and the year in which the plant was
found, is given. The collection was made between 1836 and
1840, but the majority of the plants were gathered in 1838.
Most of them came from Stratford, "near Stratford," and
Wanstead. Other localities given arc Low Leyton, near
Leyton, Leytonstone, Plaistow Marshes, East Ham, Woodford,
near Woodford, High Beech and Snaresbrook. These
specimens will always have an interest for Essex botanists,
not because of their rarity, but because the growth of greater
London has covered most of the places in which they were
found with bricks and mortar, A few of the species pro-
bably survive in their ancient habitats, but for most of them
search would be in vain.
It is unnecessary here to chronicle the various species and
localities. Many are given in Joseph Freeman's Stratford
Flora mentioned hereafter. A few specimens, however,
may be mentioned:—Isatis tinctoria was found near Albury,
Surrey, in 1838; Dianthus caryophyllus on an old wall at
East Ham in 1840; Geranium striatum near High Beech in
1836; Drosera rotundifolia at High Beech in 1838; Campanula
patula in a field near Leytonstone church in 1839; Cuscuta
epithymum at Wanstead in 1838; Hottonia palustris at
Stratford in 1838; and Polygonum bistorta at Stratford in 1839.
Joseph Freeman has a permanent place among Essex botanists
as the author of a list of the more interesting plants found by
him during his excursions in the vicinity of Stratford, Leyton-
stone, Wanstead, and Snaresbrook, numbering 191 species,
published in 1839.1 He wrote also a small volume entitled:
The Stratford Flora: containing a List of the Flowering Plants
and Ferns growing spontaneously in the neighbourhood of Stratford,
Essex, arranged according to the Natural System, by Joseph
Freeman Printed by G. Blight, Fenchurch Street, E.C. (1862,
1 Proc. Bot. Soc. of London, i (1839), pp. 48-49.