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MATERIALS FOR A FLORA OF WAKEFIELD AND ITS 



NEIGHBOURHOOD. 



By T. W. Gissing. 



( Continued from page 2Z5.) 



Order— ULMACE^. 

 Ulmus. Linn. Elm. 

 U. campeetris, L. Broad-leaved or Wych-elm. T. March — May. In 

 hedges. Dr. Prior says the popular prefix " Wych" is a corruption of 

 " hutchJ^ from the wood of the elm having been used to make hutches 

 (chests for provisions.) This term hutch is still in use in Suffolk — a 

 chest used for holding flour being called a "flour hutch." It is likewise 

 applied to chests used for storing clothes, thus Bloomfield says : — 

 * * And to the hutch she reached her hand, 

 And gave him out his Sunday breeches," 



Order— AMENTIFER^. 



Betula. lAnn. Birch. 

 JB. alba. L. Common Birch. T. May — June. In thickets and hedges. 



Alnus. Tourn. Alder. 

 A, glutinosa^ Gsertn. Common Alder. T. March — April. Common. 



Carpinus. Linn. Hornbeam. 

 C. Betulus, L. Common Hornbeam. T. May. Woods and hedges. 



CoRYLUS. Linn. Hazel. 

 C. Avellana, L. Common Hazel. S. February — April. Common. 



Fagus. Linn. Beech. 

 F. sylvatica, L. Common Beech. T. May. Frequent. 



QuERCus. Linn. Oak. 

 Q. Mohur, L. Common British Oak. T. May — June. Common. 

 (Mr. Bentham's arrangement of the willow has been adopted. ) 



Salix. Linn. Willow, Osier, &c. 

 iS. fragilis, L. Crack Willow, S. April — May. Frequent. 

 JS. alba L. Common Willow. T. April — May. Frequent. 

 S. viminalis, L. Osier Willow, S. April — May. Frequent. 

 S. caprma, L. Sallow Willow. S. March — May. Common. 

 S. repens, L. Creeping Willow. S, April — May. Heath. 



