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entitled ' The Ancient Straits of Malvern.' The seeds of these plants 

 were left when the waters dried up, they remained buried in the earth 

 till salt works were commenced, then, the circumstances necessary 

 for their growth being present, they sprang up, and now are to be 

 seen flourishing upon the edge of every brine-pit. At the same place, 

 and growing still more plentifully than the sandwort, are the Poa ma- 

 ritima and Glyceria distans. 



Rhamnus Frangula. This shrub grows in the hedges and thickets, 

 on light, peaty soils. Many plants of it are to be found in Mobberley. 



Andromeda polifolia. Cheshire seems to be quite a favourite 

 county with this beautiful little plant. It may be seen on most of the 

 peat bogs, and in some places in the greatest profusion. I gathered 

 specimens last year on Lindow Moss, Mobberley, at the latter end of 

 June, at which time they appeared to be goiug out of flower ; and 

 though I found many specimens beautifully fruited, T had some little 

 difficulty in obtaining many flowering plants. I was rather astonished 

 to find them going out of flower so early, as I remembered having ga- 

 thered them in 1848 in August. But upon revisiting the spot at the 

 beginning of that month last year, I was agreeably surprised to find 

 my plants coming into flower a second time, nearly all the plants now 

 bearing flowers or flower-buds. 



I do not know whether this fact of the Andromeda flowering twice 

 during the year has ever been observed by botanists ; but at any rate 

 the knowledge of it may be interesting to some, who, like myself, have 

 never heard of or noticed the fact before. 



Lindow Moss deserves a passing notice. It is an extensive peat 

 bog, reaching from Wilmslow to Mobberley, a distance of about four 

 miles ; the breadth is somewhat less. 



From Manchester the botanist can arrive at the Moss by stopping 

 at either the Wilmslow or Alderley station, on the Manchester and 

 Birmingham line, from each of which places the walk to the Moss is 

 about a mile. The place possesses great charms for the botanist. 

 Round one side grow rich plantations of Osmunda regalis, many of 

 the fronds of which measure upwards of six feet in length, Blechnum 

 boreale and Lastraea dilatata, with many of its varieties, common 

 plants, it is true, yet plants of extreme beauty, and always admired 

 by botanists. 



On the Moss itself are the Vaccinium Oxycoccos and Narthecium 

 ossifragum in vast profusion. Drosera rotundifolia and D. anglica, 

 Rhynchospora alba, and of mosses several species of Sphagnum. 

 To the collector of Carices, perhaps no county will furnish so great a 



