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314. Prunns spinosa, L. (Sloe). Native. British type. 

 Range 1-2. Woods and hedges. Common throughout the 

 lower zone. Ascending to 300 yards over Coniston, and 

 400 yards in Troutbeck Valley. 



Var. insititia (Bullace). Frequent in hedges. 



Var. domestica (Wild Plum). Half wild in many places, as 

 in Bowness Woods, and near Barnbeck farm, Furness. 



315. Prunus Padus, L. (Heckberry, Bird Cherry). Native. 

 Scottish type. Range 1-2. Common everywhere in woods 

 and hedges. One of the great ornaments of the Lake country 

 in spring, and often used for arches or bouquets for wedding 

 decorations. Ascends to 400 yards in Troutbeck Valley, and 

 nearly as high about Watendlath. 



316. Prunus Cerasus,~L. Denizen. English type. Ranger. 



W. The least wild cherry-tree, vulgarly called the Merry 

 tree; Rossgill. — (Ray, in Gibs. Camden, p. 818.) Spital 

 Wood, Kendal. — (T. Gough.) 



L. Occasionally seen in hedges in Furness, but rare. — (Miss 

 Hodgson.) 



316. Prunus A vium, L. (Wild Cherry). Denizen. English 

 type. Range 1. Everywhere common in woods and thickets 

 through the lower zone, ascending to the summit of Yew- 

 barrow behind Grange-over-Sands, and nearly to the top of 

 Brant Fell over Bowness. I never saw the wild cherry so 

 plentiful in any other part of England as at the Lakes. The 

 wild black Martindale cherries, Mrs. King tells me, are regu- 

 larly sold in Penrith market. ' The fruit,' Mr. Hodgson writes, 

 ' has a high reputation, and within the period of my remem- 



