SOME PLANTS OF SILVERDALE, WEST LANCASHIRE. 



S. LISTER PETTY, 



Ul<verst(m. 



For some reason the Silverdale area, like that of Leek,* seems 

 to have been neglected except by the rarity hunter and Messrs. 

 Wilson and Wheldon. Occasionally parties of members of local 

 natural history societies have visited the district, but their 

 records are usually so loosely given as to be, for list purposes, 

 Avorthless. 



In attempting to include the rather scattered references in 

 the Exchange Club's issues, a difficulty presented itself which 

 I have been unable to overcome ; some of these issues are, 

 seemingly, neither to be borrowed nor bought, therefore I know 

 not what they contain, and if any record is omitted, it is to be 

 regretted, but so it must be. 



The area of Silverdale proper is marked on Ordnance 6-inch 

 Map, 18, Lancashire. It runs from a stream in the Saltmarsh 

 called The Pool, along the railway to the road near the station, 

 along* this road to Trowbarrow, running along the Trough to 

 White Scar between the tarns at Hawes Water. From thence 

 almost straight along — north-west to the county boundary 

 stone near Cold Well Limeworks. From there westward over 

 the moss to the railway, following it to a lane from Middle- 

 barrow Quarry (some 600 feet from the boundary wall at 

 Waterslack Wood), then up through Waterslack and Eaves 

 Wood, keeping to the wall ; over Castlebarrow, and down to 

 the shore at Wall End. Round the shore, across the marsh 

 below Heald Brow to Quakers' Stang, and so to the railway 

 again. On account of several old records, Little Hawes Water 

 has been included in Silverdale, though really in Yealand Red- 

 mayn, and less than 1,000 yards from the line over White Scar. 

 The formation is limestone. 



I have to express my great indebtedness to Messrs. A. 

 Wilson, F.L.S., and J. A. Wheldon, F.L.S. Mr. Wilson 

 allowed me to use a list of his ; this is indicated by the initials 

 'A. W. ' Mr. Wheldon, besides helping the list, kindly read for 

 me some of the issues of the Bot. Exchange Club which I cquld 

 not see. Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill, F.L.S., and Mr. Arthur Bennett, 

 F. L.S., have both been good enotigh to examine species for me, 

 and the latter also searched the Record Club and Exchange Club's 



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"Plants of Leek, Y.C. 60, 'The Naturalist,' March and April 

 1902 February i. c 



