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._
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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.]
[Illustration]
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.
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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.