A botanical guide to the environs of Cheltenham; comprehending a classified arrangement of the indigenous flowers and ferns of the Cotteswold Hills and the Vale of Gloucester. With the habitats of the various plants / by James Buckman.

  • Buckman, James, 1816-1884.
Date:
1844
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A botanical guide to the environs of Cheltenham; comprehending a classified arrangement of the indigenous flowers and ferns of the Cotteswold Hills and the Vale of Gloucester. With the habitats of the various plants / by James Buckman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LOCALITIES. Borago. officinalis. Lycopsis. arvensis. Myosotis, palustris. sylvatica. arvensis. collina. Cynoglossum. officinale. svlvaticum. Anagallis. arvensis. Borage. medicinal, 5. Very sparingly on the waste grounds at Pittville, but, doubt¬ less, the outcast from the gar¬ dens. \ SmallBugloss. corn. 6. Common in corn fields and waste places. Forget-me-not true. 6. In the small rivulet which crosses the Sandy lane going to Leck- hampton Hill, by Charlton Park, and other wet places. wood. 5.6. In most of the woods, in wooded lanes, the lane approaching Battledown, &c. corn. 6.7. Corn fields, Marl Hill, Cleeve, &c, —not uncommon. early. 5.8. On the rocks under Cleeve Cloud —not uncommon. Hound? s-tongue common. 6. On Leckhampton Hill, also at Crickley Hill, &c. green-leaved. 6. On the east bank of the Severn, in a lane which turns off to the left, just before reaching the *’ ferry at the Lower Lode.— Edwin Lees, Esq. Poor Maris Weather Glass, or Pempernel. corn. 5.8. In all the corn fields and at Pitt¬ ville, Marl hill, and most gar¬ dens. A pink variety occurs near the site of the landslip, at the foot of Hewletts hill.