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The Letters of Rusticus on the Natural History of Godalming
The Letters of Rusticus on the Natural History of Godalming Author:Edward Newman Subtitle: Extracted From the Magazine of Natural History, the Entomological Magazine, and the Entomologist General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1849 Original Publisher: Printed for John Van Voorst Subjects: Natural history History / General Nature / General Nature / Essays Notes: This is a black and white... more » OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: APPENDIX A. An Outline of the Flora of the Neighbourhood of Godalming, in the County of Surrey; with brief Notices of the Geological Features of the District. By J. D. Salmon, Esq. In bringing the Flora of Godalming and its neighbourhood before the notice of botanists, it is necessary that the limits of the district should be clearly defined, and that the geological features which present themselves should be noticed: for the outline of the latter I have availed myself principally of Dr. Mantell's Memoir in Brayley's ' History of Surrey.' Extent and Boundary. -- The tract of country about to be illustrated is comprised within a square, the sides of which are about eight miles in extent, having Godalming for the centre ; every portion of the district is therefore within a moderate walk of the town. The chalk ridge, well known as the Hog's Back, running east and west, has been taken in part as the northern boundary; a narrow slip of London clay on the north side of this range, is, however, included within the district, as affording an additional variety of soil. From the abrupt termination of the Hog's Back at Guildford, the northern boundary is continued along to Mer- row Downs: from thence the eastern boundary passes by St. Martha's Chapel, and crossing the valley of Chilworth by the powder-mills, it skirts Blackheath to Shamley Green, is continued across the Wey and ...« less