A hand-book of the Peak of Derbyshire, and to the use of the Buxton mineral waters / by William Henry Robertson.

  • Robertson, William Henry.
Date:
1886
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A hand-book of the Peak of Derbyshire, and to the use of the Buxton mineral waters / by William Henry Robertson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    June and July; Common Bird’s-foot Trefoil (Lotus comiculatus), flowering- from June to September; Greater Bird s-foot Trefoil (Lotus major) flowering1 in July; Common Perforated St. John’s Wort (Hypericum per- foratum), and Imperforate St. John’s Wort (Hypericum dubium), both flowering in July and August; Hairy St. John’s Wort (Hypericum hirsutum), flowering in June and July ; Yellow Goat’s Beard (Tragopogon pratensis), flowering in June; Corn Sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis), flowering in August; Rough Hawkbit (Apargia hispida), flowering in July; Common Mouse-ear Hawk Weed (Hieracium pilosella), flowering in June; Musk Thistle (Carduus nutans), flowering in July and August; Spear Plume Thistle (Cnicus lanceolatus), flowering from June to September; Marsh Plume Thistle (Cnicus palustris), flowering in July and August; Meadow Plume Thistle (Cnicus pratensis), flowering in June; Woolly-headed Plume Thistle (Cnicus eriophorus), flowering in August; Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), flowering in March and Apx-il; Common Rag Wort (Senecio Jacob sea), flowering in July and August; Moon Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum), flowering in July; Common Yarrow, or Milfoil (Achillea millefolium), flowering in July; Black Knapweed (Centaurea nigra), flowering from June to August; Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa), flower- ing in July and August; Common Salad Burnet (Poterium sanguisorba), flowering in July; Perennial Mercury (Mercurialis perennis), flowering in April and May; Rough Hawksbeard (Crepis biennis), flowering in July; Spotted Cat’s-ear (Hypochseris maculata), flowering in July. On Axe Edge are found, besides the three common heaths (Calluna vulgaris, Erica tetralix, and Erica cinerea), the Black Crowbeny, or Crakeberry (Empetrum nigrum), a plant in appearance very like a heath, but of