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354 SOME ACCOUNT OF CHESHIKE KTJBI.
plants I found, late in my labours, a complete liiatus at the genus
Ruhus. I had left Brambles till the last, and vei^y unwillingly I set
about them. They soon, however, l)ecame interesting ; and I really
believe that much of the disgust with which many excellent botanists
regard Brambles would disappear if they only gave them a fair trial.
My provincial list of Rubi is as yet very incomplete, but I am in-
clined to think that even in its present state, it may assist somewhat
local inquiries. I may state that in no instance have I named a sub-
species on my own authority. Mr. Bloxam and Mr. Baker, without
whom this list would never have been composed, have always been
most kind in naming forms submitted to them. Still, the person who
sees these plants growing, and at his door, is at an immense advantage
over even the best rubiologist, who merely sees dried and often imper-
fect specimens. Therefore, whatever eiTors occur in the present list,
I am solely responsible for. And therefore, though the assistance I
have derived from Messrs. Bloxam and Baker is immense, I distinctly
do not wish to make them responsible for any false record, for which
solely this paper and its writer have to answer.
The districts are the county hundreds, viz. (1) Macclesfield, (2)
Bucklow, (3) Eddisbury, (4) Wirral, (5) Broxtou, (6) Nautwich,
(7) Northwich. District 1 is the present electoral division of East
Cheshire; 3 and 7 comprise Mid-Cheshire; 3, 4, 5, and 6, West
Cheshire. With Mid-Cheshire I am best acquainted. District 4
and the north of district 3 are the littoral parts of the county. With
very few exceptions all the names, even of farms, which I use may be
found in Cassell's fourpenny County Map of Cheshire.
1. R. IdcEus, L.—General and prevalent. (2.) Common in this dis-
trict. (3.) Oakmere. (4.) Parkgate. (5.) Broxton Hill. (7.) Peover
Heath. The ternate-leaved form grows in the Willow Bed, Tabley.
2. R. fssus, Lindl.— I have as yet never seen true R. suberectu/s,
Anders., in Cheshire. R. Jis^cs seems mainly to take its place. I suspect
this form will certainly occur in all our hundreds. (1.) Lindow Com-
mon. (2.) Pickmere Moss, abundant. (7.) Rudheath, plentiful ; road-
side, a mile south-east of the " Three Greyhounds."
3. R. pUcatus, W. and N.— (1) Lindovv Common, north-west end ;
less coinraon there than R. fissus. (2.) Knutsford racecourse, good
and typical ; Tabley Hill sand-pit. (7.) Sparsely on Kudheath, and
untypical, on the Lower Peover side of the ' Three Greyhounds.'