12 FLORA OF THE LAKE DISTRICT. 



1045, by James Backhouse, the monographer of the British 

 Hieracia. In volume v., at p. 26, is a paper by Professor 

 J. H. Balfour, and at p. i a catalogue of Gosforth plants by 

 Joseph Robson. In the second series there are papers of 

 the plants of Humphry Head by Dr. Windsor, in vol. ii. 

 p. 257, and Mr. C. J. Ashfield, in vol. v. p. 257. 



1843. Jopling's 'Sketch of Furness and Cartmel' contains 

 a list of the plants of the district, drawn up by Messrs. Aiton 

 and Wilson. 



1855. Harriet Martincau's ' Guide to the Lakes ' contains 

 two lists of plants, one for Windermere and its neighbourhood, 

 drawn up by Mr. F. Clowes, and one for Cumberland, drawn 

 up by Mr. W. Dickinson. Mr. Clowes, who has long been 

 in practice as a surgeon at Bowness, knows the Windermere 

 district most thoroughly, and has kindly annotated my note- 

 book. Mr. W. Dickinson was a land-surveyor, who had lived 

 in the west of Cumberland all his life, and knew every part of 

 it most thoroughly. He was a man, Mr. Hodgson tells me, 

 of robust constitution, striking appearance, and a first-class 

 pedestrian, ardently fond of natural history in every depart- 

 ment, especially botany and ornithology. He made a large 

 number of careful drawings of Lake plants. Besides this list 

 he also published a Cumberland glossary, and a book called 

 * Cumbriana,' a collection of humorous anecdotes of the 

 yeomen and labourers of the county. He died in 1882 at 

 his home at Thorncroft, near Workington, at the age of 

 eighty-three. The beautifully illustrated work on ' The Lake 

 Country,' by Mrs. E. Lynn Linton, and Black's Guide, also 

 make mention of a few additional localities. 



1865. Linton, W. J. 'Ferns of the English Lake Country,' 

 with numerous original woodcuts, contains in a cheap, handy 

 form a description of all the Lake ferns, and a list, drawn up 

 by Mr. Clowes, of the numerous varieties named by Moore, 

 Lowe, and others, which have been found in the district. A 

 new edition, edited by Mr. J. AL Barnes, has since been 



