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Lymm. 



way along the lane, we shortly come to two little bridges. 

 That in front leads to the Lymm and Warrington road ; 

 the other into the lane that comes out near Bassbank 

 bridge, each of them supplying a way back to Lymm, 

 and the distance which it completes, from first to last, 

 being little more than three miles. In the hedges by the 

 wayside, the wild hop may be seen in September, trail- 

 ing its elegant foliage and flowers over the thorns, and, 



FIG. ii. Wild Hop, (Hu'mulus Lu'fulus.) 



as elsewhere about Lymm, attaining a high state of 

 luxuriance. The stamen-bearing flowers are produced 

 in light and feathery bunches ; those that contain the 

 pistils grow on different individuals, and, in the culti- 

 vated plant, are the rudimentary hop-cones that, when 

 ripe and fallen to pieces, are used by the brewer. 



