804 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY BOTANY OF WORCESTER. 
5th August, 1888. This contains, among others, some plants 
from the neighbourhood of Stourbridge, and many of Miss 
Beilby’s records are repeated. A few additional Moseley 
plants are contained in a list by Mr. Samuel Freeman, dated 
October, 1841, published in the “ Phytologist ” for July, 
1842, 1st Series, Yol. I., p. 261, and a few others in Edward 
Newman’s list of Worcestershire ferns, “ Phytologist,” 
March, 1848, Vol. I., pp. 512-514. It may be concluded 
from the last two lists that the Osmunda was growing at 
Moseley at least as late as 1841. 
In analysing these lists there is some difficulty in 
distinguishing the Worcester records from those of Warwick. 
A locality frequently mentioned is Vaughton’s Hole. This 
was in Warwick, close to the edge of the borough, and is 
now entirely covered with houses. A footpath, with two 
branches, led from it in a southerly direction, through 
meadows on the Worcester side of the River Rea, across 
Edgbaston Lane to Cannon Hill on the one side, and to 
Moseley Hall on the other. Many plants are noted from 
Edgbaston Lane and Avern’s Mill. The former is in both 
counties, the boundary running along the Rea, which has 
two branches crossing the lane, Avern’s Mill standing 
between them in the county of Warwick. 
In the following extracts from the lists above mentioned, 
the Worcester records only have been selected, together with 
the few others possibly belonging to the county, or very near 
the border. 
William Ick, Ph.D., “The Analyst,” Vol. VI., 1887, 
pp. 22-28. 
* Ranunculus hederaceus. Meadows near Vaughton’s Hole. This 
plant, though rare in some localities, is very common around 
Birmingham. ( Probably in Worcester.) 
* Corydalis lutea. On an old wall in Edgbaston Lane. 
* Cardamine amara. Edge of a stream in a meadow near Moseley 
Park. 
* Reseda Luteola. Plentiful among the coal pits, near the road side, 
between Oldbury and Dudley. 
Cerastium aquaticum. On rubbish near Moseley Park. 
* Malva moschata. Edgbaston Lane, opposite the gates of Moseley 
Park. 
* Hypericum pulchrum. Meadow near Moseley Park. 
* H. quadrangulum. Same place. 
* Linum catharticum. Moseley Commou. 
* Genista tinctoria. Meadow near Selly Hall Park. 
Tormentilla reptans (Potentilla procumbens). Edgbaston Lane, near 
Avern’s Mill. (Possibly in Worcester.) 
