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BOTANICAL RAMBLES ABOUT ARNSIDE. 
BH. SOP PitT, 
Bradford. 
Ir would not be easy to find a spot in the north of England more 
delightful to the naturalist than the neighbourhood of Grange-over- 
Sands, in Morecambe Bay. The district simply teems with life, and 
whichever department of natural history one is interested in, surely 
there is abundance here to satisfy him. At all seasons of the year 
the district is interesting, and for a holiday a more pleasing place 
could scarcely be desired. In the early part of July, Messrs. J. 
Farrah, A. H. Pawson, W. H. Stansfield, and the writer spent a short 
but pleasant holiday together in that charming locality, and devoted 
some attention to the flora of the neighbourhood. A brief account 
of our wanderings may, perhaps, interest the readers of ‘The 
Naturalist. 
Arnside was selected as ‘ headquarters,’ and it proved a capital 
centre to work from. During our rambles 476 species of plants, 
including 16 ferns, came under observation, and on no occasion did 
we wander, or ‘slink’—as one of the party Dhap td in expressing 
it—more than seven miles from headquarters. Of course a great 
Variety of birds, insects, and other objects were spi tiruniiy coming 
under notice, but at present it is not proposed to do more than refer 
to a few of the more interesting plants. 
A very enjoyable ramble was to Humphrey’s Head. Alighting 
at Kent’s Bank Station, some little attention was given to the great 
variety of shrubs which here flourish to _ after oppo we 
kept to the line for a short distance. On the railway embankm 
were Geranium columbinum, Hi; cto comosa, and Reseda ite 
and about the limestone roc n the shore Ger 
Was making a splendid es He re also were Verbascum thapsus, 
Trifolium striatum, Centaurea scabiosa, Scabiosa columbaria, an 
Carduus pycnocephalus 
Having crossed the sands we conaled through a thickly-set 
plantation (hazel chiefly), where several Boleti were making an 
appearance, and duly arrived at the top of the headland. Here 
a magnificent prospect is afforded, and for several hours our atten- 
tion was given to plant collecting. The following are among those 
that were met with:—Ae/ianthemum canum, Atropa belladonna, 
Sirea filipendula, Veronica hybrida, Pyrus rupicola, Sedum telephium, 
Galium sylvestre, Leontodon hirtus, Asperula cynanchica, Lactuca 
muralis, and Crithmum maritimum. In the marshes on the north 
Sept. 1894. 
