CHAPTER XIX.
NATURAL HISTORY IN THE LIBRARY.
As he who southward sails, beholds each night, New constellations rise, all clear and fair; So, o'er the waters of the world, as we Reach the mid zone of life, or go beyond, Beauty and bounty still beset our course; New beauties wait upon us everywhere, New lights enlighten, and new worlds attract.
J. P. BAILEY.
The immense value of the Manchester libraries to the student of Natural History has already been mentioned. Treasure-houses at all times, it is impossible to over-estimate the privileges they confer on rainy days. "Some days," says the poet, must needs be "dark and dreary." We have all, at some time or other, had our plans and projects baffled by the wet, and very disappointing it certainly is, when a nice party has been made up for an afternoon's pleasure in the country, to see the sky grow black and the drops begin to fall, with not a chance of its clearing up until too late to go. But the streets lead the way to as much pleasure, after another manner, as the field-paths. It is nothing but a thoughtless mistake which lauds the country at the expense of the town, crying out that God made the one, but that the other is the work of man. Each is complementary to the other; each, as with the sexes, affords pleasures which itself only can give; each is best in turn, and full of compensation, and whatever may be thought of the adjacent country, no town is more enjoyable to the intelligent, by virtue simply and sufficiently of its Free Libraries, than Manchester. With these inexpressibly precious stores at perfect command, the private property, virtually, of every man who takes interest in their contents, let none, then, ever deplore rain, or piercing winds, mud, snow, sleet, or any species of atmospheric hindrance to rural pleasure. More lies within the walls of our three great Free Libraries than a life-time is sufficient to consume. To the student of wild nature they are peculiarly valuable, since they supply interpretation of everything that can possibly come before him in the fields.
The books in our three great Free Libraries--the Chetham, the City, and the Peel Park--which deal with zoological subjects, and with palæontology, are easily discoverable, the number of important ones, especially such as have plates, being limited. The printed catalogues, and the courtesy of the respective librarians, give ready information as to these, and the titles of the various works generally indicate the contents with sufficient clearness. With works upon botanical matters it is different. The number of these is too vast for any librarian's easy reference, and to ascertain what ground they cover also very generally requires personal examination. In the aggregate, the three Free Libraries contain quite a thousand distinct and independent works of this latter class--books treating of floriculture as well as of botany--very many of them single volumes, but the average the same as that of the fashionable novel, the grand total being, in other words, over three thousand, a weight of literature pertaining to plants certainly without parallel in any other English city after London. Our remaining space we shall devote accordingly to a select list of the botanical works, old and new, enumerating them in chronological order. For in the eyes of the accomplished student fine old books always count with the great kings of history,
The dead but sceptred sovereigns who still rule Our spirits from their urns.
_Chet._ signifies the Chetham; _City_, the King-street; and _P. P._, the Peel Park or Salford Library.[32]
A.D.
1532. Brunfels: Herbarum Vivæ eicones. Folio. 130 curious old woodcuts.--_Chet._
1542. Fuchsius: De Historia Stirpium. About 450 full-page cuts, many of them admirable, others very droll.--_City, Chet._
1576. Lobel: Stirpium Adversaria. Woodcuts.--_City, Chet._
1611. Renealm: Specimen Historia Plantarum. Many curious drawings, including one of the sun-flower, then a novelty.--_City._
1613. Besler: Hortus Eystettensis. Full of wonderful old plates.--_City, Chet._
1635. Cornutus: Canadensium Plantarum. Curious and very interesting old plates.--_City._
1678. Breynius: Exoticarum aliarumque minus, &c. 100 fine old and very curious copperplates.--_Chet._
1680. Morison: Plantarum Historia. A massive folio, with innumerable exquisite drawings.--_City, Chet._
1691-1705. Plukenet: Works. Innumerable figures.--_City, Chet._
1693. Charles Plumier: Description des Plantes de l'Amerique. Full of very fine old plates.--_City, Chet._
1728. John Martyn: Historia Plantarum Rariorum. 100 fine old coloured plates.--_City, Chet._
1748. Weinmann: Duidelyke Vertoning. Four thick folios, containing 1,025 coloured plates, with innumerable figures, old-fashioned, but bold, characteristic, and very curious.--_P. P._
1750. Rumphius: Herbarium Amboinense. Six vols., folio. Full of fine old plates.--_City, Chet._
1755. C. Plumier: Plantarum Americanarum Fasciculus. Folio. Full of fine old copperplates.--_City._
1757-1773. Elizabeth Blackwell: Herbarium. Six vols., folio. Containing 601 coloured plates of economic plants, every one of them drawn and engraved by herself, in order to raise money to liberate her husband from a debtor's prison.--_Chet._
1759-1775. Sir John Hill: The Vegetable System. Twenty-six folio volumes. With 1,600 copperplates, containing 6,560 figures.--_City, P. P._ (The latter bound in ten vols.)
1760. Philip Miller: Figures of Plants. Two vols., folio., and new edit., in four vols., 1807.--_Chet._ (An admirable work, with 300 plates.)
1766-1797. G. C. Oeder: Flora Danica. Eleven vols., folio, with 1,200 plates.--_City._
1770. John Edwards: Herbal. A thin folio of 100 beautiful coloured plates.--_Chet., P. P._
1772. N. J. Jacquin: Hortus Botanicus Vindobonensis. Two vols., folio. Full of the most beautiful coloured plates.--_Chet._
1773. N. J. Jacquin: Flora Austriaca. Five vols., folio. Full of splendid coloured plates.--_City._
1775. Aublet: Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Française. Four vols., 4to. Two of them made up of very beautiful and interesting plates.--_City, Chet._
1777. John Miller: The Sexual System of Linnæus. A massive elephant folio, with 103 magnificent coloured plates.--_Chet., City._
1777. Curtis: Flora Londinensis. Folio. Several vols. The finest coloured plates of British wild-flowers ever given to the world.--_Chet., City._ (See 1828 for continuation.)
1781-1786. N. J. Jacquin: Icones Plantarum Rariorum. Contains 200 splendid coloured plates. Three vols.--_Chet._; vol. i., _City_.
1784. Pallas: Flora Rossica. Folio. Full of beautiful coloured plates.--_City._
1784. L'Heritier: Stirpes Novæ, &c. Folio. Full of fine plates.--_City._
1787. Curtis: The renowned "Botanical Magazine" was commenced this year. No Manchester library contains the whole. The following are the localities of all the town possesses, including a portion in the "Royal Exchange":--1787-1842, vols. 1 to 68, _City_; 1843-1859, vols. 69 to 85, _Royal Exchange_; 1860-1869, vols.
86 to 95, nowhere; 1870-1882, vols. 96 onwards to present time, _City._
1790-1814. Smith and Sowerby's "English Botany." Thirty-six vols., 8vo. 2,592 coloured plates.--_City, P. P._
1800. Desfontaines. Flora Atlantica. Four vols., 4to. Contains 261 fine old plates.--_City._
1816. W. J. Hooker: The British Jungermannias. 4to. Full of exquisite coloured plates.--_City._
1818-1833. Loddiges: The Botanical Cabinet. Contains 2,000 coloured plates.--_P. P._
1823. Alex. Humboldt: Melastomaceæ. 64 very fine coloured plates.--_P. P._
1823-1827. W. J. Hooker: Exotic Flora. Three vols., 8vo. 232 beautiful coloured plates.--_City._
1827. W. J. Hooker and T. Taylor: Muscologia Britannica. Exquisitely illustrated.--_City._
1828. Curtis's Flora Londinensis. Continued by W. J. Hooker. Two vols., folio. Most beautiful plates.--_City._
1828. Wm. Roscoe: Monandrian Plants. Atlas folio. Contains 112 splendid coloured plates.--_Chet._
1829. W. J. Hooker and Greville: Icones Filicum. Two vols., folio. Full of splendid plates.--_City._
1830-1832. N. Wallich: Plantæ Asiaticæ Rariores. Three vols., huge folio, containing 295 superb coloured plates.--_City, Chet._
1834-1843.--Baxter: British Flowering-plants. Six vols., 8vo. Full of beautiful coloured plates.--_City._
1837. Jas. Bateman: The Orchidaceæ of Mexico and Guatemala. Folio. 40 superb coloured plates.--_Chet._
1838. Endlicher: Nova Genera (of South American plants). Folio. Full of fine plates.--_City._
1838. J. C. Loudon: Arboretum Britannicum. Eight vols. Over 400 plates and 2,500 woodcuts.--_P. P._
1838. John Lindley: Sertum Orchidaceum. A wreath of the most beautiful orchidaceous flowers. Splendid coloured plates.--_Chet._
1839. J. F. Royle: Illustrations of the Botany of the Himalayan Mountains and of the Flora of Cashmere. Two vols., folio. 90 beautiful coloured plates.--_City._
1840-1853. R. Wight: Icones Plantarum Indiæ Orientalis. Six vols., 4to.--_City._
1843. John Torrey: The Flora of the State of New York. Two vols., 4to. Beautiful coloured plates.--_City, P. P._
1846-1851. W. H. Harvey: Phycologia Britannica. (Sea-weeds.) Four vols., 8vo. 360 beautiful coloured plates.--_City._
1847. Mrs. Hussey: Illustrations of British Mycology. (Fungi.) 4to.--_City._
1847. J. D. Hooker: Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of the Erebus and Terror. Two vols., 4to. 198 fine coloured plates.--_City._
1847. C. D. Badham: The Esculent Funguses of England. 8vo. 20 coloured plates.--_P. P._
1852-1857. B. Seeman: Botany of the Voyage of H.M.S. Herald.--_City._
1854. Sir W. J. Hooker: Century of Ferns. 4to. 100 plates.--_P. P._
1855. Wm. Wilson: Bryologia Britannica. 8vo.--_City._
1857. Mudd: Photographs of trees destroyed by fumes from chemical works. Folio.--_P. P._
1857. Henry Smith: Indian Flowering-plants and Ferns. A large folio of about 100 beautiful nature-prints.--_P. P._
1858. E. J. Lowe: Natural History of British Grasses. 74 coloured plates.--_City._
1859-1860. Johnstone and Croall: Nature-printed British Sea-weeds.--_City_, _P. P._
1859. Thos. Moore: Nature-printed Ferns. Two vols., 8vo.--_City_, _P. P._
1860. M. J. Berkeley: Outlines of British Fungology. 8vo. 24 coloured plates, with innumerable figures.--_City_, _P. P._
1861. E. J. Lowe: Beautiful-leaved Plants. 60 coloured plates.--_P. P._
1861. E. J. Lowe: Ferns, British and Exotic. Eight vols., 8vo. 479 coloured plates.--_City_, _P. P._
1862. E. J. Lowe: New and Rare Ferns. 8vo. 72 coloured plates.--_City_, _P. P._
1863. C. P. Johnson: Useful Plants of Great Britain. 8vo. 25 plates, containing figures of 300 species.--_P. P._
1863-1872. English Botany. Edited by J. T. Boswell Syme. Eleven vols., large 8vo. Over 2,000 coloured plates.--_City._
1864. Blume: Remarkable Orchids of India and Japan. Folio. Fine coloured plates.--_City._
1865. R. Warner and B. S. Williams: Select Orchidaceous Plants. Folio. Fine plates.--_City._
1865. E. J. Lowe: Our Native Ferns. Two vols., 8vo. 79 coloured plates and 909 woodcuts.--_City._
1868. L. E. Tripp: British Mosses. Two vols., 4to. Coloured figures of every known species.--_City_, _P. P._
1872. Horatio C. Wood: North American Fresh-water Algæ. 4to. 21 plates filled with exquisite coloured figures.--_P. P._
1872. Flore Forestiére, &c. Folio. 18 splendid coloured plates, representing about 120 of the most interesting trees and shrubs of central Europe.--_P. P._
1872-1874. D. Wooster: Alpine Plants. Two vols., 8vo. 108 coloured plates.--_City._
1873. Le Maout and Decaisne: General System of Botany. Translated by Mrs. Hooker. 5,500 woodcuts.--_City._
1875. Sachs: Text-book of Botany. A massive 8vo., with innumerable woodcuts.--_City._
1877. F. G. Heath: The Fern World. 12 coloured plates.--_City._
1878. F. G. Heath: Our Woodland Trees. Contains excellent coloured drawings of their leaves.--_City._
In addition to the thousand botanical works contained in the three great Free Libraries, there are many of considerable value, which they do not possess, in the Portico, the Athenæum, the "Royal Exchange," the Owens College, and other collections not open to the general public. The following are the most important of the illustrated volumes. The aggregate of all kinds in the subscription libraries is about four hundred volumes.
A.D.
1834. Stephenson and Churchill: Medical Botany. Three vols., 8vo.--_Owens._
1834-1849. Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Gardening. Sixteen vols. Nearly 600 fine coloured plates.--_Royal Exchange._
1838-1847. John Lindley: Botanical Register. New series. Ten vols., 8vo. 688 fine coloured plates.--_Portico._
1841. Mrs. Loudon: Ornamental Bulbous Plants. 4to.--_Royal Exchange._
1843-1844. Mrs. Loudon: Ornamental Perennials. Two vols., 4to.--_Royal Exchange._
1845. A. H. Hassall: British Fresh-water Algæ. Two vols., 8vo. 100 plates.--_Owens._
1848. John Ralfs: The British Desmidiaceæ. 8vo.--_Owens._
1850. Wm. Griffiths: Palms of British East India. Large folio. 133 plates.--_Owens._
1851-1853. Lindley and Paxton: The Flower Garden. Three vols., 4to. 108 admirable plates and 314 woodcuts.--_Royal Exchange._
Footnote
[32: A complete catalogue of the thousand botanical works in the Manchester Libraries, with notes upon their various contents, has been prepared by the author of this volume, and only waits publication. Meantime it can be consulted by any person who may wish to use it.]
SUMMARY OF RAILWAY STATIONS AND DISTANCES.
_The figures after the names of the respective places denote the number of miles they are distant from the Manchester Station of departure previously mentioned._
I. LONDON ROAD STATION.
(_a_)--_London and North-Western._
(1) THROUGH STOCKPORT. To Cheadle Hulme, 8-1/4. " Handforth, 10-1/2, for Handforth Hall, Norcliffe, and Oversley. " Wilmslow, 12, for Norcliffe, Lindow Common, the Morley Meadows, and the Upper Bollin Valley. " Alderley, 13-3/4, for Lindow Common, Alderley Edge, Birtles, and Capesthorne. " Chelford, 17, for Capesthorne and Astle Park. " Crewe, 31, for Wrenbury, 39-1/2, _en route_ for Combermere. " Crewe, 31, for Beeston and Peckforton. " Crewe, 31, for Shrewsbury, 63-1/4, _en route_ to Wroxeter (Uriconium).
(2) THROUGH STOCKPORT. To Davenport, 7, for Bramhall. " Hazel Grove, 8, for the Bramhall Valley, Marple Wood, Dan-bank Wood, &c. " Disley, 12, for Middlewood, Lyme Park, Lyme Hall, Jackson Edge, Marple Ridge, the Strines Valley, and Cobden Edge. " New Mills, 13-1/2. " Furness Vale, 15. " Whaley Bridge, 16, for Taxal, Eccles Pike, &c. " Chapel-en-le-Frith, 19-3/4, for Castleton. " Doveholes, 22, for Castleton. " Buxton, 25, for Ashwood Dale, Miller's Dale, &c.
(3) THROUGH STOCKPORT. To Cheadle Hulme, 8-1/4. " Bramhall, 9-3/4, for Bramhall Hall and the Bramhall Valley. " Poynton, 12-1/4. " Adlington, 13-1/4, for Pott Shrigley and Harrop Wood. " Prestbury, 15-1/4, for Mottram St. Andrew, Bollington, and the Kerridge Hills. " Macclesfield, 17-1/4, for Wild-boar Clough, Shutlings Low, &c.
(4) THROUGH STOCKPORT AND MACCLESFIELD, continuing per "North Staffordshire." To North Rode Junction, 22, for Cloud-end, Gawsworth, and Marton. " Congleton, 26-1/4, for Biddulph Castle and Biddulph Grange. " Mow Cop, 29-1/4. " Trentham, 40-1/4.
(5) THROUGH STOCKPORT AND MACCLESFIELD, to North Rode Junction, 22, continuing per "Churnet Valley." To Bosley, 24, for Cloud-end. " Rushton, 26. " Rudyard, 29. " Leek, 31. " Froghall, 38. " Oakamoor, 40. " Alton, 42, for Alton Towers. " "Rocester Junction," 45-1/2, for Ashbourne, 52, _en route_ to Dovedale.
LONDON ROAD STATION.
(_b_)--_Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire._
(1) THROUGH ASHBURYS AND GUIDE BRIDGE JUNCTION, 5, MAIN LINE. To Mottram, 10, for Broadbottom, Stirrup-benches, Charlesworth Coombs, the lower valley of the Etherowe, &c. " Dinting Junction, 12, for Glossop, 13, for Whiteley Nab, Melandra Castle, Chunal Clough, Ramsley Clough, &c. " Woodhead, 19-1/4. " Penistone (through the tunnel), 28, there changing to the Doncaster line, for Wentworth. " Wortley, 32-1/2, for Wharncliffe Crags. " Oughty Bridge, 36-1/2. " Sheffield, 41-1/4. " Worksop, 57.
(2) THROUGH ASHBURYS, REDDISH, AND WOODLEY JUNCTION. To Reddish, 3-3/4. " Bredbury, 6-1/2. " Woodley Junction, 7-1/2, for Werneth Low. " Romiley, 7-1/2, for Chadkirk, Marple Hall, Dan-bank Wood, Offerton, &c. " Marple (Rose Hill), 9-1/2. " High Lane, 11-3/4. " Middlewood, 12-1/4. " Poynton, 13. " Bollington, 17, for Pott Shrigley. " Macclesfield, 19-1/2.
(3) As in No. 2, to Marple, 9-1/2. Thence To Strines, 11-1/4. " New Mills, 12-3/4. " Birch Vale, 14-3/4. " Hayfield, 15-1/2, for Kinder Scout.
II. VICTORIA STATION.
(_a_)--_London and North-Western._
(1) THROUGH MILES PLATTING. To Stalybridge, 7, for Staley-brushes, "North Britain," and "Bucton Castle." " Mossley, 10-1/2. " Greenfield, 12-3/4, for Bill's-o'-Jack's, "Pots and Pans," Seal Bark, and the "Isle of Skye." " Saddleworth, 13-3/4. " Marsden (through the tunnel), 18-3/4, for Wessenden Clough. " Huddersfield, 26. " Leeds, 42-1/2, _en route_ for Harrogate, 60-1/2, Ripon, 72, Fountains Abbey, &c.
(2) THROUGH ORDSALL LANE (Chat Moss line). To Eccles, 4. " Patricroft, 5, for Worsley. " Barton Moss, 7, for Botany Bay Wood. " Huyton, 25, for Knowsley. " Edge Hill, 30-1/2. " Liverpool, 31-1/2.
(3) THROUGH ORDSALL LANE (Chat Moss line). To Warrington, 21-1/2, for Hill Cliff. " Norton, 21, for Norton Park, Norton Priory, and Halton Castle. " Halton, 23. " Frodsham, 30, for the Overton Hills. " Helsby, 27. " Chester, 39-3/4, for Eaton Hall; and _viâ_ Broxton, 36-1/2, for the Broxton Hills; also, _viâ_ Rhyl, 69-3/4, for Llandudno, 81-1/2, Conway, 85, Bangor, 91-1/2, Beaumaris, &c.; also, _viâ_ Ruabon, for the Vale of Llangollen, Bala, Dolgelly, &c.
(4) THROUGH ORDSALL LANE (Tyldesley line). To Worsley, 5-3/4. " Tyldesley, 10-1/4. " Wigan, 17. Thence to Preston, Lancaster, Grange, &c.
VICTORIA STATION.
(_b_)--_Lancashire and Yorkshire._
(1) THROUGH MILES PLATTING, 1-1/2 to Middleton Junction, 5-1/4; thence to Heywood, 10-1/4, for Bamford Wood. To Bury, 13-1/4.
(2) THROUGH MILES PLATTING, keeping on main line to Rochdale Junction, 10-3/4. Thence To Shawclough and Healey, 13-3/4. " Facit, 16-1/2. " Bacup, 19-1/2.
(3) Same as No. 2, to Rochdale 10-3/4. Thence on To Littleborough, 13-1/4, for Hollingworth Lake, Whiteley Dean, and Blackstone Edge.
(4) Same as No. 3, keeping on main line to Todmorden Junction, 19. Thence, by Burnley Valley, To Portsmouth, 22-3/4, for Cliviger, &c. " Burnley, 28.
(5) THROUGH PENDLETON to Clifton Junction, for the Agecroft Valley and Mere Clough.
(6) THROUGH PENDLETON AND CLIFTON JUNCTION, by the Bury line. [These trains pick up at Salford Station.] To Molyneux Brow, 4-3/4, for Hurst Clough. " Ringley Road, 7. " Radcliffe Bridge, 7-1/4. " Bury, 10. " Summerseat, 12-1/2. " Ramsbottom, 14. " Helmshore, 16-1/2. " Haslingden, 18-1/2. " Accrington, 22, and thence to Skipton for Bolton Abbey.
(7) THROUGH PENDLETON, MOLYNEUX BROW, AND BURY. To Rawtenstall. " Bacup, 19-1/2.
(8) THROUGH PENDLETON AND CLIFTON JUNCTION, by the Bolton line.
To Bolton, 10-1/2. Thence, on the original main line, To Horwich, 17-1/4, for Rivington Pike. " Adlington, 19-1/4, for the Liverpool Waterworks Reservoirs. " Chorley, 22-1/4, for Whittle-le-Woods. " Preston, 30-3/4, Thence to Blackpool, 50. " Fleetwood, 50-1/2, for sail to Piel, for Furness Abbey, continuing thence by rail to Newby Bridge, Windermere, Coniston, &c. " Lancaster, 51-1/2, for the Lune Valley, Morecambe, Silverdale, Grange, &c.
(9) THROUGH PENDLETON AND CLIFTON to Bolton, 10-1/2. Thence by the Wigan line,
To Wigan, 18. " Gathurst, 21, for Dean Wood. " Appley Bridge, 23, for Ashurst and Horrocks Hill. " Parbold (Newbro'), 25. " Southport, 37-1/4.
(10) THROUGH PENDLETON AND CLIFTON to Bolton, 10-1/2. Thence by the Darwen line,
To The Oaks, 13, for Hall-i'th'-Wood. " Turton, 15. " Entwistle, 17. " Over Darwen, 20. " Lower Darwen, 22. " Blackburn, 25. " Wilpshire, for Ribchester, 27. " Langho, 30. " Whalley, 32, for Whalley Abbey, Whalley Nab, Stonyhurst, Mitton, and the Ribble. " Clitheroe, 35, for the Castle. " Chatburn, 37, for Pendle. " Gisburn, 43. " Hellifield, 49.
(11) THROUGH CRUMPSALL, to Bury.
To Heaton Park, 4. " Prestwich, 4. " Radcliffe, 7. " Bury, 9, thence to Summerseat, &c., as above.
III. CENTRAL STATION.
(_a_)--_Midland._
The distances are differently stated. Those given below are from Bradshaw's 3d. Guide.
THROUGH DIDSBURY, 5-3/4.
To Heaton Mersey, 7. " Romiley, 12-1/4. " Marple, 14. " Strines, 16. " New Mills, 17-1/2. " Chinley, 21-1/4. " Chapel-en-le-Frith, 23, for Castleton. " Miller's Dale, 31-1/4. " Monsal Dale, 34. " Hassop, 36-3/4. " Bakewell, 37-3/4. " Rowsley, 41-1/4. " Darley, 43-1/2. " Matlock Bath, 46-3/4. " Derby, 62-3/4.
(_b_)--_Cheshire Lines._
(1) LIVERPOOL LINE.
To Urmston, 5. " Flixton, 6-1/4. " Irlam, 8-1/4. " Glazebrook, 9-1/2. " Warrington, 15-3/4. " Halewood, 25-1/2. " Garston, 28-1/2. " Liverpool, 34.
(2) CHESTER LINE.
To Altrincham. " Peel Causeway, 8-1/2, for the Bollin Valley. " Ashley, 10. " Mobberley, 12. " Knutsford, 14-1/2. " Plumbley, 17-1/4. " Lostock Gralam, 19-1/4. " Northwich, 20-1/2. " Hartford, 22-1/4. " Cuddington, 25-1/4. " Delamere, 28. " Chester (Northgate), 38-1/2.
IV. OXFORD ROAD STATION.
(1) BOWDON LINE.
To Old Trafford, 2. " Stretford, 3-1/2. " Sale, 5. " Brooklands, 5-3/4. " Timperley, 6-3/4. " Altrincham and Bowdon, 8.
(2) LIVERPOOL LINE.
To Broadheath, 7-3/4. " Dunham Massey, 10. " Heatley and Warburton, 11-1/2. " Lymm, 13. " Thelwall, 14-1/2. " Latchford, 16-1/2. " Warrington, 17-3/4. " Hale Bank, 26-3/4. " Speke, 29. " Edge Hill, 35. " Liverpool, 36-1/4.
INDEX.
A
Abney Hall, 68.
Agden Hall, 65.
Agecroft Clough, 177.
" Valley, The, 182.
" Park, 184.
Alderley Edge, 85, 89.
" Park, 91.
Alton Towers, 118.
_Anemone, The Wood_, 108, 180.
_Anodonta cygnea_, 63.
Arden Hall, 100.
Arkwright's Mill, 132.
_Arum, The_, 24.
Ashbourne, 120.
Ashley Meadows, The, 14.
Ashurst, 237.
Ashwood Dale, 128, 138.
Ashworth Wood, 161.
_Asphodel, The Lancashire_, 53.
Astle Hall, 92.
Axe Edge, 120.
B
Baguley Old Hall, 81.
Bakewell, 136.
Bamford Wood, 160.
Banksian Society, The, 169.
Barlow Hall, 82.
Beeston Castle, 93.
Biddulph Grange, 118.
Billinge, 237.
Bill's-o'-Jack's, 147.
Bin Green, 147.
Birchen Clough, 149.
_Birch-trees_, Ancient, 57.
Birds, Manchester, 257.
" Songs of, 29.
Birkdale Sandhills, The, 246.
Birkin, River, 34.
Birtles, 91.
Blackpool, 247.
Blackstone Edge, 164.
_Bluebells_ at Pott Shrigley, 115.
Blythe Hall, 242.
Boggart-hole Clough, 155.
Bollin, River, 20, 34.
Bollington, 113.
Booth Hall, 37.
Botanical Names, 49, 55.
" Societies, 194.
Botany Bay Wood, 248.
Bottoms-hall Wood, 143.
Bowden Bridge, 141.
Bramhall, 112.
" Brook, 122.
" Valley, The, 123.
Broadbottom, 142.
Brown Wardle, 163.
Bucton Castle, 147.
Burleyhurst Wood, 36.
Burnley Valley, The, 165.
Burscough Priory, 243.
_Butter-bur, The_, 18.
Butts Clough, 23.
Buxton, 128.
Buxton's "Guide," 173.
C
Caley, George, 198.
Camden (quoted), 232.
Capesthorne, 92.
Carrington Moss, 47.
Carr-wood, 161.
Castleton, 134.
"Cat and Fiddle," The, 120.
Chad, St. (_i.e._, Saint), 129.
Chadkirk, 129.
" Vale, 130.
Chapel-en-le-Frith, 134.
Charlesworth Coombs, 143.
Chatburn, 229.
Chat Moss, 59, 249.
Chatsworth, 136.
Cheadle (Cheshire), 192.
Cheeryble Brothers, 214.
Cheeseden-water, 161.
Chee Tor, 137.
Chelford, 92.
Cholmondeley Family, 41.
Chunal Clough, 144.
Clegg's Wood, 164.
Cliffe Hall, 118.
Clitheroe Castle, 229.
Cliviger, 216.
_Cloudberry, The_, 148.
Cloud-end, 116.
"Clough," Meaning of the term, 176.
Cobden Edge, 125.
_Coltsfoot, The_, 17.
Combermere, 93.
Common Things, Value of, 3.
Compstall, 142.
Congleton, 118.
_Conifers_, 85, 92.
Cotterill Wood, 21.
Cotton Family, 94.
_Cotton-sedge, The_, 155.
"Cranford," 37.
_Crocus, The Autumn_, 189.
Crompton, Samuel, 220.
Crowther, James, 197.
_Crinoidea, The_, 230.
Crozier, George, 153, 168.
D
Daisy-nook, 151.
Dan-bank Wood, 131.
Dane, River, 119.
Darley Dale, 137.
Darwen, River, 219.
Davenport Family, 92, 112.
Dean Wood, 236.
Delamere Forest, 40.
" Lord, 41.
Derby Family, 240.
Derpley Hill, 225.
Derwent, River, 145.
Dewhurst, John, 207.
Didsbury, 70.
Disley, 121.
Dobb-wood, 161.
Douglas, River, 236.
Dovedale, 120.
Drayton, Michael (quoted), 35.
Drift, 191.
_Droseras_, 49.
Dunham Massey, 67.
" Park, 61.
E
Eagley, River, 220.
Eccles Pike, 128.
Eddisbury, 42.
Entwistle, 222.
_Equisetum (sylvaticum), The_, 178.
Ernocroft Woods, 130.
Ethelfleda, 43.
Etherowe, River, 130, 142.
Evans, Joseph, 208.
F
Flixton, 67.
Flora, The Manchester, 5.
Fo'edge, 215.
Forest, Original Meaning of the word, 41.
_Forget-me-not, The_, 25.
Frodsham Hills, The, 66.
G
Gaskell, Mrs., 37.
Gatley Carrs, 68.
Gawsworth, 116.
Geology, The Local, 190.
_Germander-speedwell, The_, 25.
Gibson, Samuel, 166.
Glazebrook, 67.
Glossop, 144.
Goyt, River, 130.
Grant's Tower, 214.
Greenfield, 147.
H
Haddon Hall, 136.
Hades Hill, 216.
Hale, 254.
Hall-i'th'-Wood, 220.
Halton Castle, 66.
Hanging-banks Wood, 88.
Hardcastle Crags, 165.
Hayfield, 141.
_Heather, The_, 53.
Healey Dene, 215.
Hebden Bridge, 166.
Helsby, 66.
Herbarium, How to form an, 78.
High Green Wood, 166.
High Legh, 65.
Hill Cliff, 66.
Hodder, River, 231.
Hoghton Bottoms, 217.
" Family, 217.
" Tower, 218.
Holcombe Hill, 214.
Holford Moss, 59.
Hollingworth, 146.
" Lake, 162.
Holyngworthe Family, 146.
Hope Dale, 135.
Horrocks Hill, 238.
_Horse-chestnut_, The Singleton, 68, 83.
Horsefield, John, 192.
Horsley Bath, 99.
Hurst Clough, 177.
I
Irk, River, 160.
Irwell, River, 181.
" Valley, The, 182.
"Isle of Skye," 148.
Ivy, Value of, 37.
J
Jack's Bridge, 155.
Jackson Edge, 124.
Jowkin-wood, 161.
Jumbles, The, 223.
K
Kerridge Hills, The, 113.
Kinder Downfall, 141.
" Scout, 140.
Knowsley, 244.
Knutsford, 34.
L
_Labiatæ, The_, 185.
Lady Bridge, 123.
_Lady-smock, The_, 38.
Lancashire Botanists, The, 194.
Langho, 223.
_Larch, The_, 26.
Latchford, 66.
Lathom, Earl of, 242.
" House, 239.
" Park, 238.
Lees-hall Dingle, 144.
Lepidoptera, 29.
Lever, Sir Ashton, 152.
_Linden-trees_, 42, 124, 255.
Lindow Common, 88.
Littleborough, 164.
Ludworth Moor, 143.
Lyme Cage, 123.
" Hall, 123.
" Park, 123.
Lymm, 62.
M
Macclesfield, 115.
"Magpie" Architecture, 39.
Mamelons, 163.
Mam Tor, 135.
Marple Aqueduct, 131.
" Old Hall, 132.
" Ridge, 125.
" Wood, 131.
" Dell, 131.
Martin, John, 211.
Marton, 117.
Melandra Castle, 144.
Mellor, John, 198.
Mere Clough, 175.
Meres, Origin of the Vale Royal, 45.
Mersey, River, 130.
" Origin of the name, 44.
Mickley Hill, 65.
Middlewood, 122.
Miller's Dale, 136.
Mitton, 226, 228.
Mobberley, 34.
Monsall Dale, 136.
Moors, 59.
Morley Meadows, The, 87.
Mosses, Origin of the Peat, 55.
Mottram-in-Longdendale, 142.
Mow Cop, 118.
N
Newton-le-Willows, 250.
_Nightingale, The_, 75, 286.
Norcliffe, 85, 120.
Norden-water, 161.
Norreys Family, 253.
"North Britain," 146.
North Rode, 116.
Northen, 74.
Northwich, 39.
" Salt Mines, 39.
Norton Park, 66.
O
Oakmere, 44.
Oak, The Marton, 117.
Oldknow, Samuel, 132.
_Oreopteris, The_, 143.
Ormskirk Church, 243.
Otterspool Bridge, 131.
Oughtrington, 65.
Oulton Park, 42.
Oversley, 87.
P
Paulinus, 223.
Peak Cavern, The, 135.
Peat, 56.
Peckforton, 98.
Peel Monument, The, 214.
Pendle, 230.
Peover, 38.
" Church, 39.
Percival, James, 199.
Peveril Castle, 136.
Photographs in Manchester, The first, 110.
Plumbley, 38.
"Pots and Pans," 147.
Pott Shrigley, 114.
Prestbury, 113.
Prestwich Dells, 177.
_Primroses_, 27.
Prince Charles Edward, 79.
R
Radnor Mere, 91.
Railways, 9, 127, 186.
Ramsbottom, 214.
Ramsley Clough, 144.
Ravenstone Brow, 150.
Reddish Valley, The, 100.
Reeds Mere, 92.
Reservoirs, Picturesque effects of, 127.
_Rhododendrons_, 86, 251.
Ribble, River, 226, 228, 231.
Ribblesdale, 231.
Riddings Brook, 64.
Rimmon Clough, 149.
River-terraces, 192.
Rivington Pike, 233.
" Reservoirs, 234.
Robin Hood Rocks, 164.
Roche, River, 161.
Roman Road, 164.
Romiley, 130.
_Rosa villosa, The_, 179, 223.
Rossendale, 215.
Rostherne, 51.
" Mere, 52.
_Rubus Chamoemorus, The_, 148.
" _saxatilis, The_, 162.
Rudyard Lake, 118.
Rushton, 118.
S
Salley Abbey, 231.
Scarisbrick Hall, 244.
Seal Bark, 140, 149.
Shire-hill, 144.
Shivering Mountain, The, 135.
Shutlings Low, 116, 118, 120.
Sidebotham, Mr. Joseph, 107.
Simpson Clough, 160.
Smithills Hall, 221.
Solitude, 55.
Southport, 246.
Southshore, 187.
Speke Hall, 252.
Spring-wood, 37.
Spring, Phenomena of, 20.
Staley Brushes, 145, 146.
Stanley Family, 244.
Statham, 65.
Stirrup-benches, 143.
" Wood, 143.
Stockport, 111, 132.
Stonyhurst, 226.
Strawberry Hill, 133.
Strines Valley, The, 134.
Summerseat, 214.
_Sundews, The_, 49.
T
Tabley Old Hall, 37.
" Park, 37.
Tame, River, 101.
Tandle Hill, 160.
Tatton Park, 33.
" Gardens, 34, 242.
Taxal, 126.
Tegsnose, 113.
Thelwall, 64.
Thieveley Pike, 216.
Throstle Glen, 151.
Thrutch, The, 215.
Tintwistle, 144.
Todmorden Valley, The, 165.
Toft Park, 37.
Townley, Thomas, 172.
Trees, How to learn, 35.
Trentham, 118.
_Trulove, The_, 36.
Turton Tower, 219.
U
Urmston, 67.
Use, True idea of, 235.
V
Vale Royal, 40.
" Abbey, 41.
" Mere, 42.
W
Warburton Church, 65.
Waterworks, Liverpool, 234.
" Manchester, 145.
Weaver, River, 42.
Werneth Low, 125, 130, 143.
Wessenden Clough, 150.
Whaley Bridge, 126.
Whalley Abbey, 224.
Whalley Church, 223.
" Nab, 225.
Whiteley Dean, 163.
" Nab, 144.
White Moss, 153.
"White Nancy," 113.
Whittle-le-Woods, 234.
Wigan, 235.
Wild-boar Clough, 120.
_Willows_, 16.
Wilmslow, 85.
Windybottom Bridge, 133.
Windy-cliff Wood, 161.
Windgates, The, or, "Winnats," 134.
Winter Hill, 234.
Winwick, 251.
Woodhead, 144.
Wormhill Springs, The, 137.
Worsley, 248.
" Hall, 247.
Wrenbury, 93.
Wren's Wood, 247.
Wye, River, 128.
Wythenshawe Hall, 79.
Y
Yew-berries, 227.
" Trees, Old, 35, 66.
Youth and Age, True idea of, 8, 204.
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Transcriber's Notes:
Words standardised for consistency by the addition of a hyphen:
Besses-o'th'-Barn standardised as Besses-o'-th'-Barn firwood standardised as fir-wood dryshod standardised as dry-shod hillside(s) standardised as hill-side(s) butterbur standardised as butter-bur buttercup standardised as butter-cup truelove standardised as true-love playground standardised as play-ground stonework standardised as stone-work miswritten standardised as mis-written lifetime standardised as life-time half way standardised as half-way
Words standardised for consistency by the removal of a hyphen:
sand-stone standardised as sandstone under-tone standardised as undertone brook-side standardised as brookside Brown-wardle standardised as Brown Wardle sax-field standardised as saxfield sun-shine standardised as sunshine thorough-fare standardised as thoroughfare Down-fall standardised as Downfall delight-ful standardised as delightful flori-culture standardised as floriculture Church-town standardised as Churchtown green-house standardised as greenhouse Fringilla monti-fringilla farm-yard standardised as farmyard Wind-gates standardised as Windgates re-appear(s) standardised as reappear(s) in-doors standardised as indoors salt-crystal standardised as salt crystal Salt-Mines standardised as salt mines PRINCESS-ST dehyphenated Fo'-edge (in index) changed to Fo'edge as used in the main text
Accentuation:
aerial standardised as aërial. All other accentuation unchanged.
Typographical errors:
misletoe changed to mistletoe turnpike-toad changed to turnpike-road develope (unusual spelling) has been retained There is one instance of Tintwisle for Tintwistle, this has been corrected.
The title for Chapter XVII in the Contents differs from the heading on p. 232 and has not been changed from the original.