ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS M A D E BY REV. W. M. H I N D T O HIS F L O R A OF SUFFOLK FRANCIS W . SIMPSON
A short time ago I was lent Hind's personal copy of his 1889 Flora of Suffolk by Miss Rhoisia Copinger-Hill. This had been divided into two volumes and interleaved. As far as I am aware, the interesting notes and records have never been published. These include his own observations and others supplied by various botanists. There are no doubt other annotated copies of Hind's Flora in private collections and libraries which belong to prominent botanists. Their records could add to our knowledge of the past distribution of species now rare or extinct in the county. H. Dixon Hewitt's well annotated copy is in the Ipswich Museum Library, and new records from W. A. Dutt's copy were published in our Transactions Vol. 8, part 3, pp. 136-147. Key to some contributors CB Dr. Churchill Babington, Rector of Cockfield, who assisted Hind in the preparation of the Flora. AB Arthur Bennett (1843-1929) of Croydon, an authority on the British Flora. He examined Hind's herbarium in the Ipswich Museum. JDG Rev. J. D. Gray of Nayland. WMH Rev. W . H . Hind ofHonington. MLH An unknown authority. H C W Hewett Cottrell Watson (1804-81) who was responsible for the 'Watsonian' division of Britain into vice-counties for the recording of distribution. ALW Rev. A. L. Williams of Ampton. W H T William Henry Tuck (d.1922) of Tostock (eider brother of the Rev. Julian Tuck (1851-1933) and President of the Society 1931-33). W. H. Tuck was also a coleopterist and supplied Claude Morley with many records for The Coleoptera of Suffolk (1899). In the following list Hind's scientific names have been used with some necessary revisions of their authorities. To assist those without a copy of Hind's Flora the second names, where different, are those in my 1982 Flora of Suffolk. My comments are added in Square brackets. English names have also been added. Clematis vitalba L. Travellers Joy/Old Man's Beard. Tostock, WHT. Hasketon, Rev. E. G. Doughty. Delete Martlesham. [Although Hind gives a large number of parishes, for all districts except 3, it is considered that this species has increased in recent years and specimens can be found in almost every parish, even on the lighter soils where it was uncommon.] Thalictrum minus L. Lesser Meadow Rue. Ixworth, WMH. Anemone apennina L. Blue Anemone. Tostock, likely introduced, Mrs. Terry. Trans. Suffolk Nat. Soc. 23