252 misc. PUBLICATION 797, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Melvill, J. C. Flora. In Nicholls, Walter. History and traditions of 
Prestwich ... With ... The botany of Prestwich by J. Cosmo Melvill ... p. 
164-182. 19 cm. Manchester, 1905. 
Principal localities, botanical explorations; annotated running list of vas- 
cular plants and a few mushrooms. 
The flora of Kersal Moor, near Manchester. Jour. Bot. 20: 211-218. 
1882. 
Partly annotated list of about 240 vascular plants. 
Pearsall, W. H. Florula Furnessiae; its limitations and its lessons. With 
interspersions of comment by F. Arnold Lees. Lancash. and Chesh. Nat. 7: 
87-40, 65-68, 115-118, 153-156, 165-170, 223-236. 1914. (University of 
Minnesota library. Reprint, 26 p., in British Museum (Natural History) 
library.) 
Aanotced list of noteworthy vascular plants. Furness (or North Lan- 
cashire) is the detached portion of Lancashire, north of Morecambe Bay. — 
See also his Plants of North Lancashire. Lancash. Nat. 5: 284-286, 324-326, 
370-372, 397-400. 1912-13. (List of angiosperms of the Furness district 
not known in West Lancashire, with localities; list of local plants found in 
both the Furness region and West Lancashire, with localities. In University 
of Minnesota library.) — Also his Notes on the flora of North Lancashire. 
Lancash. and Chesh. Nat. 8: 57-60. 1915. (List of noteworthy vascular 
plants observed in 1914, with localities. In University of Minnesota library.) 
— Also his Notes on the flora of North Lancs. (69b). Rpt. Bot. Soc. and 
Exch. Club Brit. Isles 4 (1915): 290-294. 1916. (List relating mostly to 
1915 coe ee) — Also Petty, The constituents of the North Lancashire 
flora, below. 
Petty, S. L. The constituents of the North Lancashire flora, 1597 (?)-1893. 
1. [-19.] paper. Naturalist 1894: 117-124, 149-156, 243-250, 289-296. 1894; 
1895: 53-60, 1338-140, 261-268. 1895; 1896: 101-108, 197-204, 341-348. 
1896; 1897: 85-92, 229-236, 309-316, 325-332. 1897; 1898: 37-44, 149-156, 
309-316, 321-333. 1898; 1900: 333-835. 1900. 
Bibliography; systematic list of vascular plants and Characeae, with 
chronologically arranged summary of published records for each species, and 
references. — See also his New plant records for North Lancashire. 
Naturalist 1907: 438. 1907. — Also Pearsall, Florula Furnessiae, above. 
The plants of Leck and neighbourhood, Lancashire. Naturalist 
1893: 91-102. 1898. 
Topography, etc.; list of vascular plants and Characeae observed by author, 
with localities. 
Aes Some plants of Silverdale, West Lancashire. Naturalist 1902: 
3838-54. 1902. 
Geology, bibliography; annotated list of known vascular plants and Chara- 
ceae. 
Preston Scientific Society. Flora of Preston and neighbourhood. Com- 
piled by the members of the botanical section of the Preston Scientific So- 
ciety during the years 1897-1902. 62 p. 16.5 cm. [n. p., 1903 
Topography, geology, etc.; annotated list of vascular plants (also mosses 
by Henry Beesley). 
Stansfield, Abraham. Observations on the botany of the Forest of Rossen- 
dale. In Newbigging, Thomas. History of the Forest of Rossendale. p. 
285-299. 24cm. London, 1868 [1867]. 
History of the forest, etc.; unannotated list of vascular plants and some 
mosses, hepatics, and lichens. Although the title page date is 1868, some 
copies of the work were evidently distributed in 1867, since the Library of 
Congress copy bears a manuscript dedication dated 24 Dec. 1867. 
Stansfield, W. H., and Ball, Henry. Botany. In Southport: a handbook 
of the town and surrounding district. Prepared for the meeting of the 
British Association at Southport, 19038. p. 68-94. 19 cm. Southport, 1903. 
(British Museum (Natural History) library.) 
Notes on various species; briefly annotated list of vascular plants and 
Characeae, with localities for scarcer species. Followed (p. 94-112) by other 
botanical papers by other botanists, including treatments of mosses and 
hepatics. Replaces MeNicoll, D. H. Plants of Southport. In his Handbook 
