354 SOME ACCOUNT OF CHESHIRE RUBI. 
plants I found, late in my labours, a complete hiatus at the genus 
Rubus. had left Brambles till the last, and very unwillingly I set 
about them. They soon, however, became interesting; and I really 
believe that much of the disgust with which many excellent botanists 
regard Brambles would disappear if they only gave them a fair trial. 
My provincial list of Rudi is as yet very incomplete, but I am in- 
clined to think that even in its present state, it may assist somewhat 
local inquiries. I may state that in no instance have I named a sub- 
species on my own authority. Mr. Bloxam and Mr. Baker, without 
whom this list would never have been composed, have always been 
most kind in naming forms submitted to them. Still, the person who 
sees these plants growing, and at his door, is at an immense advantage 
over even the best rubiologist, who merely sees dried and often imper- 
fect specimens. Therefore, whatever errors occur in the present list, 
I am solely responsible for. And therefore, though the assistance I 
have derived from Messrs. Bloxam and Baker is immense, I distinctly 
do not wish to make them responsible for any false record, for which 
solely this paper and its writer have to answer. 
The districts are the county hundreds, viz. (1) Macclesfield, (2) 
Bucklow, (3) Eddisbury, (4) Wirral, (5) Broxton, (6) Nantwich, 
(7) Northwich. District 1 is the present electoral division of Hast 
Cheshire; 2 and 7 comprise Mid-Cheshire; 3, 4, 5, and 6, West 
Cheshire. With Mid-Cheshire I am best acquainted. District 4 
and the north of district 3 are the littoral parts of the county. With 
very few exceptions all the names, even of farms, which I use may be 
found in Cassell's fourpenny County Map of Cheshire. 
l. R. Idus, L.— General and prevalent. (2.) Common in this dis- 
trict. (3.) Oakmere. (4.) Parkgate. (5.) Broxton Hill. (7.) Peover 
Heath. The ternate-leaved form grows in the Willow Bed, Tabley. 
2. R. fissus, Lindl.—I have as yet never seen true R. suberectus, 
Anders., in Cheshire. R. fissus seems mainly to take its place. I suspect 
this form will certainly occur in all our hundreds. (1.) Lindow Com- 
. (2.) Pickmere Moss, abundant. (7.) Rudheath, plentiful ; road- 
sides a mile south-east of the “ Three Greyhounds.” 
3. R. plicatus, W. and N.—(1) Lindow Common, north-west end ; 
less common there than R. físsus. (2.) Knutsford racecourse, good 
and typical; Tabley Hill sand-pit. (7.) Sparsely on Rudheath, and 
untypical, on the Lower Peover side of the * Three Greyhounds.’ , 
