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side of the track, a small, former pond
is now completely silted and vegetated over
with Sallow, White Willow, Great Hairy
Willow-herb and Soft Rush, but the relict
species Carex pseudocyperus, Nasturtium
officinale, Galium palustre, Scutellaria
galericulata, etc., still occur. Further
south the much larger pond known as the
'Horse pond' on the 1:25,000 map is also
vegetated right across. The marginal
Phalaris arundinacea and Typha latifolia
giving way first to Epilobium hirsutum and
then to Juncus effusus in the centre . Right
in the middle of the pond on the wet mud under
the Juncus effusus hundreds of rosettes of
both Riccia fluitans and the much rarer
Ricciocarpos natans were the best finds of
the day.
On leaving the park, colonies of Hieracium
perpropinquum were noted in the early
stages of development on the road banks on
either side just outside the Lion Gates.
KEN ADAMS
GENERAL MEETING, SYON PARK, 2ND AUGUST, 1986
Eleven years ago I organised a tree meeting
for the Field Club in Hylands Park, Chelmsford.
On that occasion on a Sunday in late Sept-
ember, seventy five people came to see a
modest collection of mainly common trees.
Sadly on this Saturday in August only four
of us took the opportunity to see some rare
and magnificent trees in Syon Park, despite
easy travelling now the M.25 appears to have