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Yorkshire Natural History 200 Years Ago. 
•ward must be supposed to be the coldest ; for here are not only 
several large Forests, as Pickering Forest in the Wapentake of 
that Name, the Forest of Galtres in the Wapentake of Bulmere, 
Swaledale Forest in the Wapentake of Hang-west. Applegarth 
Forest in the Wapentake of Gillingwest, New Forest in the 
same Wapentake, and Lune Forest in the same Wapentake ; 
which may be thought almost sufficient to furnish the whole 
Riding with Wood for Firing, and yet this Riding hath the 
greatest Quantities of Pit coal of any of the other, so that 
Providence hath super-abundantly furnished the Inhabitants 
with a sufficient Antidote against the coldest Seasons. 
Plants growing wild and plentiful in this County, but rarely, 
or not at all in most others, viz. 
Allium montanum purpureum, Purple-flower’d mountain 
Garlick, on the Scars of the Mountains near Settle, in the West- 
Riding. 
Alsine pusilla pulchro flore, Small fine mountain Chickweed ; 
with a milk white Flower ; in the Mountains about Settle, 
plentifully. 
Bifolium minimum, or Ophris minima, The least Tway- 
Blade ; on the Heaths and Moors in many Places, as on 
Blackarnore in the Way to Gisborough, &c. 
Calceolus Marice, Lady’s Slipper ; at the End of Helkeswood 
near Ingleborough. 
Campanuala cymbalaria foliis. Tender Ivy-leaved Bell- 
Flower ; about Sheffield. 
Cannabis flore amplo. Fair flower’d Nettle-hemp, in the 
Mountains and Cornfields in many Places of this County, 
plentifully. 
Carum vulgare, Common Caraways ; in the Pastures about 
Hull. 
Caryophylata purpurea, Purple Avens ; in the Hills and 
Brooks about Settle, &c. 
Caryophillus minimus, Thrift or Sea Gilliflower ; in Blca- 
berry-gill at the Head of Stockdale fields, a little Distance from 
Settle. 
Cerasus avium Racemosa, The wild cluster Cherry-tree, or 
Bird-cherry ; in the mountainous Parts of the West-Riding of 
this County. 
Christophoriana, Herb Christopher, or Baneberries ; in 
Haselwoed Woods, near Sir Walter Vavasor’s Park-pale, and 
among the Shrubs by Masham-cave. 
Cirsium Britannicum repens. The great English soft or 
gentle Thistle, otherwise called the melancholy Thistle ; in 
the Mountains about Ingleborough, &c. 
Cochlearia Rotundifolia, Common round-leaved Scurvy- 
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