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roadj but could not resist looking into a field on the right-Land 

 side of the road, in which was another large pit, and as my com- 

 panion, Percival, remarked, as being likely to produce Cicuta 

 virosa, a plant that we were in search of, but in this we were 

 disappointed : t ant pis, so much the worse; but instead we found 

 Ranunculus Lmgua, Typha anr/iistifolia, and Meuyanthcs trifo- 

 liata growing most luxuriously in the next field or next but one; 

 and best of all, we found Cicuta virosa growing in a pit similar 

 to the other, and not far from it, and then with the lively French- 

 man we said, tant mieux, so much the better. Our next stopping- 

 place was at a large mill-dam, called Pedmore Hallow, till 

 lately a very interesting place to the botanist, but it is now in 

 process of being cleared of its plants, in consequence of its trans- 

 formation into waterworks for the town of Knutsford ; but at the 

 top end still grows Scirpus lacustris and the genus Carex in great 

 piofusion. On its bank grows Betonica officinalis abundantly, as 

 well as Polygonum amphibium. Soou after leaving this place, we 

 came to a roadside public-house, and here, with plain fare and good 

 appetites, we soon made ourselves comfortable. Our next way was 

 through the fields, and although Avalking quick, we could not 

 help noticing Genista tinctoria, Linum catharticum, etc. 



On emerging from the fields, and entering the village of Mob- 

 berly, our attention was arrested by the interesting appearance of 

 a garden wall, on which grew Corydalis lutea, intermingled with 

 the Mother-of-Ten- Thousand, as the villagers quaintly call that 

 beautiful plant Linaria Cymbalaria. Here we asked permission 

 to get a plant or two of the Coi^ydalis, which was growing both 

 inside and out of the wall. I scarcely need tell you that our 

 wish was freely complied with. We next passed along through 

 the churchyard, stopping a few minutes to admire the splendid 

 specimen of Taxus baccata which grows here. Bidding farewell 

 to Mobberly, we resumed our journey through pleasant green 

 lanes and field footpaths, till we got to Castle Mill, on the river 

 Bollin, and here, on the skirts of the Clough called Cottrill 

 (sacred to the pheasant and partridge) we noticed the following 

 plants : — Euonymus europaus, Vicia sylvatica, Daphne Laureola, 

 Heracleum Sphondylium,\Sir. angustifoliuni, Habenaria chlorantha, 

 Malva moschata, Aquilegia vulgaris, Erythrcea Centauriwn, Chlora 

 perfoliata, Tanms communis, Humulus Lupulus, Geranium pratense, 

 Campanula latifolia, Ophioglossum vulgatum, Hypnum glareosam, 



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