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season, after repeated visits to the neighbourhood of Mob- 
berley, that I found it in considerable quantity in the pits or 
pitsteads near the boundary of Tattoii Park. 
Pimpinella magna may be again added to our local flora. 
Owinof to the alteration in the road, it has ceased to exist in 
Long Lane, Bowden, the only locality given by Mr. Grindon, 
but I find it in great abundance in the fields by the railway 
between Knutsford and Plumbley. 
Galium verum occurs on a sandy bank by the road side 
between North wich and Delamere; for probably a hundred 
yards the bank was covered with its golden flowers, for its 
growth was as luxuriant as I ever saw it, while on the other 
side of the road, and in the lanes and hedges about, not 
a leaf of it was to be seen. The nearest station in this 
district that I know of is Whaley Bridge. 
Tragopogon porrifolius grows on the railway banks near 
Chester. It has certainly no claim to be looked upon as a 
Cheshire plant. 
Campanula rapunculoides is now quite naturalised in 
the fields and hedge banks about Bowdon. Doubtless, 
originally an escape from the refuse of the gardens, its 
straggling, creeping roots have enabled it to get secure 
hold on the light sandy soil, and it is year by year becoming 
more plentiful. In one field alone last season several 
hundred specimens might have been gathered. 
Mentha piperita, near Hale, probably possesses more claim 
to be considered a Cheshire plant, but, although I found it 
some distance from any house, I look with great suspicion 
upon it. 
Scutellaria minor was found on the edge of a small 
piece of water called the “ Fish Pool,” which lies a little to 
the south of Oakmere. This plant used to be plentiful on 
Hale Moss and Lindon Common, but from both of these 
localities it has disappeared. It is interesting to find that 
the locality where the specimens came from is mentioned 
