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Buckland, By the tramway near Darklake farm-house, Bick- 

 leigh. Hedges about Whittaborough, Shaugh. 

 V. Hedge bounding an orchard by the Plymouth and Totnes Road, 

 near Elburton. 

 A phim groAvmg above a sea-chflF close to Revelstoke Church may 

 belong here, but requires further study. I have no record of P. domestica 

 for District vi., but it very probably occurs near some of the old farm- 

 houses lying within it. 

 The fraits of the wild Plum are called 'Bullums' by country children. 



211. P. Avium, L. Wild Cherry. 



Native ? In woods, copses and hedge-rows. Common. April, 

 part of May. 

 c. I. Sheviock Wood and Sconner. Landi'ake. Between Wotton 

 Cross and Blunts. Between St. MeUion and Viverdon Down. 

 IL Low cliff by the Tamar near Combe, Saltash. About Moditon- 

 ham. Between St. Mellion and Halton Quay. 

 D. III. Near Weston Mills, and in Ham Wood. Saltash Passage. Whit- 

 leigh Wood. Warleigh Wood. Beer Ferrers. 

 IV. Fursdon, Bircham, and Plym Valley, Egg Buckland. Hedge by 

 the lane to Elburton from the Brixton and Plympton Road. 

 Plympton St. Mary. 

 V. Langdon. Brixton Torr. Between Yealm Bridge and Ermington. 

 Near Stretchley. Some fine trees in a Avood near Cornwoud. 

 VI. Kingston. Hedge between Mothecombe and Battisborough. 

 Widely spread and completely naturalized, if not a native tree. A small * 

 black cherry known as the 'Mazzard,' or 'Brandy Mazzard,' is extensively 

 cultivated in certain parts of Districts ii. and iii. It was remarked long 

 ago by Polwhele, " The cherry gardens on each side of the Tamar may, 

 probably, be traced back to very ancient times." Hist. Cornwall, i. 172. 



212. P. Cerasus, L. Dwarf Cherry. 



Denizen ; in hedges ; for the most part near old houses or 

 villages. Rather common. Latter part of April, early part of 

 jVIay. 

 c. I. Two bushes in a hedge between Seaton Sands and Hessenford. 

 Hedge by an orchard at Broadmoor, St. Stephens. Hedge, 

 Minard Cross, near houses. Hedge-row between St, Mellion 

 Churchyard and Viverdon Down. 

 II. Rame ; Hore, Keys, Fl. ii. 132. Hedge by the Saltash and Cal- 

 Hngton Road near Carkeel. In one close to a house between 

 Botus Fleming village and Kingsmill. In a hedge-row between 

 fields above an inlet on the western side of St. Johns Lake, 

 near bushes of Berheris vulgaris. 



