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The Naturalist. 



Warley side is Wade Wood, a place which has long been noted for 

 its richness in botany. On reaching Catherine House we have a fine 

 view of Castle Carr and its surroundings ; the Castle itself is on an 

 elevated site, considerably above the stream, between two very high 

 hills. To the left is Castle Scout, wooded to the top ; and to the 

 right, Saltonstall Moor, whilst behind, standing out clear against the 

 sky, is the straight line of Midgley Moor. In the foreground is a 

 grand plantation, through which runs and tumbles a clear stream, 

 and the whole forms a picture for the study of the artist or the lover 

 of natural beauty, such as is rarely to be met with. Above are the 

 Lower Dean and Upper Dean storage reservoirs, whilst far above 

 again, on Warley Moor, is the large sheet of water known as 

 "Fly-flats." A visit to these will well repay the pedestrian for his 

 labour, as, in addition to the marvels of engineering skill displayed 

 in the construction of the works, the natural scenery on the route is 

 of the grandest character. 



Leaving Castle Carr, we follow the stream down the valley, which 

 is well wooded on both sides with large trees, whilst the beautiful 

 and clear stream contains an abundance of trout. 



Amongst a large number of plants found in this valley, may be 

 mentioned the following: — Lister a ovata, Hahenaria viridis, Scutellaria 

 galericulata^ Cotyledon Umhilicus, Hypericum humifusum, H. quadran- 

 gulum^ Paris quadrifolia, (Enanthe crocata. Geranium sanguineum^ 

 G. columhinum, Iris pseud-acorus, &c. 



Dr. F. Buchanan White, F.L.S., 

 writes me from Rannoch, under 

 date July 24th, that he has taken a 

 few days ago, a fine new British 

 Tortrix — Ahlahia (wgeniana. This 

 is a good addition to our list. — 

 Geo. T. Porritt. 



E. Stoks, Hopton, would Hke to 

 know where he could obtain speci- 

 mens of the round-leaved sun dew 

 {Drosera rotundifolia), and the ivy- 

 leaved bell flower {Campanula 

 hederacea. — [The former grows in 



several places on the moors in this 

 district — at Slaithwaite Moor, near 

 Boshaw Reservoir, &c. , &c. Wah- 

 lenhergia hederacea was found on 

 the moors near Dunford Bridge, 

 in 1861, but is not so common as 

 the Drosera. — Eds. Nat] 



This summer has been, up to 

 now, by no means good for any 

 branch of Natural History. The 

 flowers even do not seem to come 

 out nicely, they seem overdone with 

 rain. The insects cannot get on at 

 all ; butterflies and moths, too, 

 look more as if they had bybernated 

 than been hatched from the chry- 



