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THE ESSEX NATURALIST.
Of these fifty-two additions, eighteen belong to the Natural
Order of Composites, whose fruits have special facilities for
dispersal either by air or by foot traffic. Sixteen species are
annuals ; it will be interesting to see how far they hold their own
in ensuing years.
On the south side of Bush Road there remain several patches
of the old moorland flora with such plants as Potentilla tormentilla,
Juncus squarrosus, Carex leporina, Deschampsia flexuosa and
Triodea decumbens ; and on moist ground Bidens tripartita L.,
Three-cleft Bur Marigold, Heleocharis palustris Br., Marsh Club
Rush and Alopecurus geniculatus L„ Marsh Fox-tail; but owing
to the gradual drying up of shallow pools Peplus Portula L.,
Water Purslane, and Sparganium simplex Huds., Unbranched
Bur-reed, have disappeared.
In the Friends' Graveyard, Wanstead, five additional Forest
plants have been recorded since the previous list was made, viz.,
Ulex minor Roth, Small Gorse, Hieracium Pilosella L., Mouse-
eared Hawkweed, H. boreale Fi., Savoy Hawkweed, Carex hirta
L., Hairy Sedge and Molinia coerulea Moench, Purple Moor
Grass.
The alien Spurge, Euphorbia virgata Waldst. & Kitzb., a
native of South Europe and West Asia, first noted here in 1934,
still flourishes, and a new colony has appeared some yards away
from the first one, amongst grass. In the late summer Hare-
Bells and Devils-bit Scabious flower freely in the central area of
the grounds. We should have to go far into the northern part of
the Forest before meeting with these bright-flowered plants
again.
BOW PORCELAIN.
By THE CURATOR.
AN important recent accession to the Stratford Museum
merits particular mention in view of its intrinsic value
and of its local association.
A former resident of West Ham, Mr. Leonard Crow, now an
antiquarian dealer in the provinces and specialising in porcelain,
being wishful worthily to commemorate his and his family's
connection with this Borough, and having in the past frequented
our local museum, conceived the idea of donating a nucleus-
collection of Bow Porcelain to the museum, both as a memorial
to members of his family who had filled various offices locally