^6 FLORA OF THE LAKE DISTRICT, 



brance the three first Sundays of August were called " Cherry 

 Sundays," and crowds of people assembled to regale them- 

 selves, and go out boating on the Lake. At Warnel Hall near 

 Sebergham, once the property of the Dentons, stands a fine 

 row of black cherry-trees, in comparison with which the Mar- 

 tindale trees are dwarfs. Fruit from these is gathered in large 

 quantities and sent to Lowther Castle to be made into wine.' 



317. 6)^/>r2« C/Z/z/flrr/rt-, L. (Meadow Sweet). Native. British 

 type. Range 1-2. Woods and damp places. Common. 

 Ascending to 500 yards in Kirkstone Pass. 560 yards. — 

 (Watson.) 



318. Spiraa Filipendula, L. (Dropwort). Native. Xero- 

 philous. English type. Range i. Dry banks on the lime- 

 stone. Rare. 



C. St. Bees. — (Whitehaven Cat.) Meadows at Gosforth. — 

 (J. Robson.) Middletown Hamlet near St. Bees. — (W. 

 Hodgson.) 



W. Cunswick Scar and Barrowfield Wood near Kendal. 

 First recorded by Lawson. 



L. Humphrey Head, on the top, with Helianthemiim canuin. 

 —(Dr. Windsor.) Abundant at Arnsidc.— (J. C. Melvill.) 



Spiraa salicifolia, L. Alien. An occasional straggler from 

 cultivation. The best-known station is by the side of the road 

 between Colthouse and Hawkshead, a little above the head of 

 Esthwaite Water, where it was first noticed by the celebrated 

 John Dalton the chemist, and communicated to Witlicring. 

 It grows also on the shore of Windermere near the Ferry Inn, 

 and of Coniston Lake near Waterhead. Mr. Hodgson pointed 

 out to me several bushes of S. hypericifolia on a bank over 

 UUswater near the Pooley Bridge landing-stage. 



321, Geum itrbaniim, L. (\\'ood Avens). Native. British 

 type. Range 1-2. Woods and hedge-banks. Common in the 



