INDEX 
Plant, 19 
Species of the moor, 197 
Fraxinus (see Ash) 
Fresh waters, Plant formation of, 
217, 218 
Furze, 51 
Dwarf, 51 
General description of the Peak 
District, 1 
Geological Strata of the District, 12 
Geology of the Peak District, 5 
Germination of seeds, Difficulties of, 
92, 93 
of ash, 67 
of beech, 49 
of elm, 50 
of heather, 179 
Glacial deposits, 9 
Glaciation of the Peak District, 9 
Gorse, 51 
Grassland, Alluvial, 105 
Artificial (see Permanent Pasture) 
Associations of, 103 
Altitudinal limit of, 103, 104 
Calcareous, 105, 116 
Climatic, 89 
Distribution of, 103 
Facies of, 108 
Fen, 105 
Mixed Calcareous, 121 
Mixed Siliceous, 112 
Molinia, 114 
Nardus, 106 
Neutral, 105 
of the Sandstones and Shales, 106 
Siliceous, 104, 105, 106 
Species of the, 127 
Species of the Mixed Siliceous, 112 
Sub-Alpine, 104, 105, 193 
Transitional Calcareous, 122 
Transitional Siliceous, 186 
Types of, 104 
Gravels, River, 13 
Grazing, 105 
Ground Vegetation of ash woods, 71 
birch woods, 62 
oak woods, 53 
woods and its relation to de- 
generate scrub, 97 
Group of associations, 22 
Grouse, 213 
Guelder rose, 52 
Habitat, 19 
of the moorland, changes in the, 
93, 175 
Hawthorn, 50, 69 
Hazel, 48, 70 
Heath, 95, 179 
231 
Heather, 52 
Germination of seeds of, 179 
moor, 166, 176 
moor, Species of, 179, 180, 197 
on limestone, Occurrence of, 122, 
125 
Heaths, 219 
Heath, Calecareous, 122 
Heath, Pseudo-caleareous, 126 
Hedgerows, 200 
Herbaceous vegetation of ash woods, 71 
oak woods, 53 
Highest elevations of the Peak District, 
2 
** Hochmoor,” 168 
Holly, 51 
Honeysuckle, 52 
Humidity of the atmosphere, 34 
Humus, 8 
Acidic, 55, 56 
Mild, 54 
Igneous Rocks, 9 
Influence of Shade, 58 
Injurious effects of Smoke, 26 
Intermediate associations, 20, 125 
Ivy, 52 
Junceta, 148 
Juncetum effusi, 148 
Juncus facies of Siliceous grassland, 
swamps, 149 
Juniper, 69 
Larch, 68, 70 
Lianes, 52 
Life history of plant formations, 21 
Limestone, 65 
Carboniferous (or mountain), 8, 
12, 66 
cliffs, 134 
Grassland of the, 116 
heath, 122 
Occurrence of heather on, 122,.125 
rocks, Bryophytes, 135 
rocks, 134 
serees, 137 
scrub, 99 
slopes, Semi-natural woods and 
plantations on the, 68 
Swamps (or marshes) of the, 152 
Ling, 52 
Lithophytes, 142, 143 
Maple, 51 
Maps, Floristic and Vegetation, 22 
Marsh and Aquatic associations, 144 
Marshes of the limestone, 152 
sandstones and shales, 146 
