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opportunities they possess in having the plants them- 

 selves so close at hand. Upon Carrington, however, the 

 Droseras seem to be less plentiful than they were forty 

 years ago. The draining at the margins appears to have 

 favoured the growth of the heather, as well as to have 

 rendered the moss less swampy. If deficient here, there 

 are plenty elsewhere, the sundews being to peat-bogs 

 what daisies are to the meadows. Since 1858 the 

 approaches to the moss from the Manchester side have 

 also been a good deal altered, and enquiry must now be 

 made of residents in the neighbourhood when seeking 

 the most convenient means of access. 



Extending so far in the direction of Dunham, the 

 wooded slopes of which latter are plainly visible from 

 all parts, wet Carrington, 



Water, water, everywhere, 

 And not a drop to drink, 



excites new relish for the shades of its beautiful park. 

 Few are the inhabitants of our town to whom Dunham 

 is unknown, and who fail upon every new visit to find in 

 it a poem and a jubilee. The greater number of the 

 trees were planted by George, second Earl of Warrington. 

 He was born in 1675, and died in 1758, so that his 

 exemplary work may be considered to date from the time, 

 as to its beginning, of Queen Anne, and the oldest of the 

 trees to have been growing for nearly two centuries, 

 since, of course, it would not be acorns that were placed 

 in the soil, but saplings, already stout and hearty. 

 Wandering amid the rich glooms they now afford, 



