[25] i.e. up to 1858.
[26] See the account of the conviction in the Manchester Guardian, of November 30th, 1850.
[27] For further particulars respecting old Joseph Evans, see the Gardeners’ Chronicle for November 14th, 1874, from which we have transcribed, being our own words, a small portion of the above.
[28] See an excellent description of Hall–i’th’–Wood, accompanied by a drawing, in the Manchester Literary Club volume for 1880, p. 254.
[29] Liverpool was omitted even so late as 1635. Vide Selden’s “Mare Clausum, seu de Dominio Maris,” p. 239, Chetham Library, Manchester.
[30] “A Year in a Lancashire Garden,” p. 27.
[31] In loc. cit., p. 20.
[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.
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