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Pangbonrn (Thames), 144. Sutton Courtney (Thames), 160. 



Pilworth Farm, 579, 



Pusey Wood, 290. Thames at junction with the Cole, 



254- 

 Reading, 154. Thatcham, 235. 



— Thames at, 123. Tilehurst, 300. 

 Eiever Wood, 738. 



Euscombe, 121. Walbury Camj), 959. 



Wantage (Downs above), 740. 



Sandhurst, 228. Wash Common, Newbury, 409. 



Shalbourn Hill, 492. Wayland Smith's forge, 703. 



— Village, 437. Welford (Lambourn Stream), 329. 

 Shefford Woodlands, 550. White Horse Hill, X40. 

 Silchester, 334. "White Waltham, 99. 

 Southridge Green, 499, Wickham Heath, near Newbury, 477. 

 Standford Dingley, 193. Wigmore Ash Pond, 912. 

 Stanford-in-the-Vale, 225. Wokingham, 237. 



St. Leonard's Hill, 294 Wytham Hill, 539. 



Stock-cross Common, 432. — Woods (Thames under), 198. 

 Stubbing's Heath, 153. 



Sulhampstead, 300. Yattendon, 373. 



In describing the botanical divisions of the county reference will 

 be made to the more extensive and beautiful prospects which can be 

 enjoyed from its hills. It may be well to point out here that among 

 the eminences from which such prospects can be obtained, the 

 following are especially to be noted — Boar's Hill, Cumnor Hurst, 

 Faringdon Clumps, Wytham Hill, White Horse Hill, Letcombe Castle, 

 Lowbury Hill, Wittenliam Clumps, Cold Ash Common, Snelsmore 

 Common, Gibbet Hill, Walbury Camp, Greenham Common, Finch- 

 ampstead Ridges, Bowsey and Ashley Hills, Park Place, Caesar's Camp, 

 Snow Hill in Windsor Park, and the view from the Flag Tower of 

 Windsor Castle, from which twelve counties can be seen. 



WOODS AND FORESTS. 



The district immediately west of Oxford was doubtless in early 

 times covered, with forest; even now the woods of Wytham are very 

 extensive and beautiful, situated as they are on hilly ground and 

 reaching very nearly to the top. 



Appleton Common is a wooded common lying between Oxford and 

 Longworth, and consists principally of Oak with an undergrowth in 

 which Privet is a fi-equent shrub. The denser portions still contain 

 the rare Daphne Mezereum. The upper common contains Colchicum. In 

 the vicinity is Tubney Wood. The trees are principally Oak, with an 

 undergrowth of Hazel. Euonymus is frequent, and there is a good 

 deal of Maple in the hedges. 



Pusey Wood is on a light sandy soil ; it is overrun with Impatiens 

 parvijlora, and produces also Adoxa, Lycopsis, and Echium. 



In the extreme west is Eaton Wood, near Buscot, which is situated 

 on hilly ground. The centre of the Vale has few woodlands, but tho 



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