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bark. It was labelled the Pyrenean Pine
(Pinus nigra var cebennensis). Finally,
I could not finish without a mention of
those deciduous gymnosperms, the Swamp
Cypresses (Taxodium distichum). Some
of these huge trees were probably planted
by Capability Brown in 1760. One specimen
has well developed aerial roots around it.
I left the garden contemplating the longevity
coded for in the DNA of such trees which
has found no selective advantage in human
DNA. We can only envy their long-lived
maturity and hope to return again in our
own remaining years to admire them.
TONY BONIFACE
BOTANY MEETING, HIERACIUM HUNT, 24TH
AUGUST, 1986
The party started off from the car park at
Eves Corner, Danbury, Martin Gregory
struggling out of his car with a gigantic
Hieracium perpropinquum collected locally,
and David Bloomfield an equally large H_.
trichocaulon from Ingrave. Jerry Heath
brought along potted plants of both Calamint
species in full flower, and everyone was
happy they would know them apart next time.
Geoff Pyman guided the party round the Back-
warden, where without his help we would
never have located the two small plants of
H. umbellatum. We all missed the much
larger plants which apparently occur on the
southern part of the main common. However,
during the search a new colony of Calamintha