12 iiik FLORA <>K WARWICKSHIRE^ 



thamptonshire, and ou the uorth-e:i t by Leicestershire. 

 i he county lie in < rehire and Worcester- 



shire; ture in the botany, however, occurs in any of 



bed portions. 



igth is stated to he fifty-eight miles, its greatest 

 :i thirty-two miles, and it lias an area of 881 square miles, or 



Although beautifully undulating, the county possesses uo Lofty 



Hills, forming its southern boundary, have an 



it 800ft. Near these are the Burton Hills, which com- 



veep of country. South-west of the Edge Hills is 



Brailes Hill, and or eleven miles north-east the Napton and 



Bhuckburgh Hills. High land, commanding most extensive views, 



at Corley, the highest point here being about 625ft. above sea 



level. The country about Hartshill and Oldbury is much elevated, 



very comprehensive views over the low-lying lands of 



jtershire. Brinklow, Whit acre, and Maiden are also somewhat 



I ; aul near Tanworth, on the western border of the county, 



is a fair sweep of highland. 



The county is truly a woodland one, but boasts of no forest and 



but few really large woods ; the most extensive ones with which I am 



acquainted are those of Chesterton, Oversley, Haywoods, Arburv, 



Le, Bentley, and Hartshill, but the small woods are iunumer- 



able. My experience with regard toour Warwickshire woods has been, 



on the whole, disappointing, as I have found them far from prolific in 



nd plants. 



•■ 11 i Sandstone prevails in Warwickshire, and occupies 



great part of the north west portion of the county; its southern 



. ry running nearly parallel with the Avon, a few miles south- 



I that river. The Permian occupies a portion of the central 



part of tii- country, and extends from a little south of Kenilworth 



igh, along the hilly district of Corley, Fillongleyj and 



Ansley, berly. The Carboniferous system crops out on its 



Dorth-i r, and tonus the Warwickshire coalfield, which is 



about fifteen miles, in length, with a varying breadth of one to five 



'I'h'- bigl of tli.-,' rocks is about 500 feet above sea 



level. Greenstone is quarried near Hartshill, and between Nuneaton 



and Atherstone, Millstone (int and an abundance of Fire-clay arc 



found.'" <>n the south, the New Red in its the Lias at a line drawn 



in, nil of Dunchurch, threat b Long [tohington, to Friz 



Hill, a little Bouth of Btratford-on-Avon, The course of the Lias 



ghbourhood of Edge Hills, where its upper 



■ le. with bands of Blue and Grej Limestone, overlie 



U Harbury, the lower beds are composed of Blue 



Clay ai Limestone. Tho total thickness 



of tho Lias in tho Midland Counties is 300ft. t 



. "f Warwlcksl Ire w. ■;. Fretton. 

 -.1 i i ,u i Britannica. 



