WARWICKSHIRE STOUR VALLEY AND ITS FLORA. 
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NOTES ON THE WARWICKSHIRE STOUR VALLEY 
AND ITS FLORA. 
BY JAMES E. B AON ALL. A.L.S. 
My interest in this district lias been greater than in any 
other Warwickshire district, and this interest was first excited 
by my much respected friend, the late Rev. W. W. Newbould. 
Previous to his work nothing appears to have been done in 
this district, and, so far as I can find out, only one record 
exists, that of Carduus acaulis, Long Compton, given in Perry’s 
List of Plants, contributed to the abridged edition of 
“ Dugdale’s Warwickshire,” and published in 1817. 
For two seasons, 1880-81, Mr. Newbould worked with 
evident diligence that portion of the Stour Valley adjacent to 
Honington, where he was residing temporarily, and officiating 
as vicar-in-charge of Honington Church. His researches 
were extended to all the district within a short radius of 
Honington, including Halford, Whatcote, Burmington, 
Ilmington, an occasional visit to Brailes, all in Warwick¬ 
shire ; and the neighbouring Worcestershire portions of the 
district, Shipston-on-Stour, Tredington, Willington, and 
Blackwell. All his notes and observations were carefully 
recorded in a manuscript volume, and the commonest weed 
was as carefully recorded as the more rare plant, with fre¬ 
quent interesting notes. In this same volume were also 
botanical notes on Warwickshire as a whole, culled from 
various printed sources, from Ray downwards, and from the 
various Herbaria existing at Kew, Kensington, and 
Cambridge. This volume, which is an epitome of industrious 
research, was very kindly placed in my hands by its author, 
and from this I gathered all my first notes from the Warwick¬ 
shire Stour Valley, and much help for other portions of the 
county. 
August, the 28th, 1880, by invitation from Mr. Newbould, 
I paid a visit to Honington. Mr. Newbould met me at 
Stratford-on-Avon railway station, and by the kind permission 
of F. Townsend, Esq., one of his carriages conveyed us the 
pleasant drive of ten miles to Honington. It was the most 
enjoyable ride I have ever taken, the day being fine, and my 
companion so truly congenial, so full of enthusiasm, with such 
a vast fund of anecdote or quotation from this or that famous 
