2 BOTANICAL WALKS ROUND DERBY. 



Breadsall and Breadsall Moor were alwaj-s favourite 

 hunting grounds with me when I formerly resided in Derby, 

 especially as I then frequently enjoyed the companionship and 

 hospitality of my friend, the late Mr. Whittaker ; therefore, during 

 my recent stay in this town I paid these places a couple of visits, 

 but without the companionship of my friend, on account of his 

 age and infirmities. The only plant worthy of notice that I saw on 

 my first visit, in April, 1894, was the hairy variety of Pyrus Malus 

 {Linn.), the variety miiis ( Wallr.) — the specimen exhibited 

 shows the hairy petioles ; whilst I saw the Common Water-cress, 

 Nasturtium officinale {R. Br.), in fair abundance near Breadsall 

 Priory. In the summer I met with U/ex Gallii [Planch), a plant 

 which the older Botanists used to confound with the Dwarf Furze, 

 U/ex nanus ; Rjibus Koehleri iJVeihe), var. pallidus [Bab.), one 

 of our commonest Brambles, which ascends to one thousand 

 feet or more near Buxton ; Rubus corylifolius, var. subhistris 

 {Lees), also a Buxton Bramble, and Sonchus arvensis {Linn.), the 

 Field Sow-thistle ; whilst on the Mansfield Road, between Morley 

 and Derby, I met with the Hawkweed Picris, Picris hieracioides 

 {Linn), which I do not remember having met with before on 

 this road. 



The old Clay Pits on Breadsall Moor are well worth a visit, as 

 the Water Violet, Hottonia palustris {Linn.), and the variety 

 strigulosa {Reichb.) of Myosotis palustris, grow there. Besides 

 which, there is a Moss to be found there which, I believe, does not 

 grow in any other place in Derbyshire ; at least, it has not been 

 recorded from any other place, Hypnum cordifoliufn {Hedw.). 

 Here also I was fortunate enough to find Sphagnu7n squarrosum 

 {Pers.) in fruit, and that moss had not been previously met with 

 in this condition in the county. 



On May-day I started for a walk to Ireton and Duffield, as I 

 wanted to ascertain if Narcissus Poetieus {Linn.) was still growing 

 near the keeper's cottage at the former place. This I found to 

 be the case, although the plant was not then in flower. Thence I 

 proceeded over the hill towards Dufiield, and nearly at the crest 

 of it I came upon the Common Hawthorn, Cratmgus Oxyacantha 



