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Robert Pocock's Handwritten Notes Original Cover Observations and Memoranda in Botany – Robert Pocock’s handwritten notes Original cover. This manuscript was scanned and transcribed by members of the Robert Pocock Herbarium Project. The original manuscript has many blank pages – these were left blank by Pocock so that he could insert later material. These blank pages have not been reproduced in this copy but the original sequence of pages has been retained. Many of the plant species names used by Pocock are no longer valid. For some of the pages we found it useful for our project to insert the current valid names (Stace 3rd Edition). Original spine With thanks to Mick and Jenny Lowe, Jenny Gibb and Sally Jennings for their work in producing this copy. Thanks to Kent Library staff and Gravesend for providing access to the manuscript and for granting permission to create this copy. Malcolm Jennings December 2016 THE PDF IS BEST VIEWED IN “TWO PAGE VIEW” [ Observations and Memoranda in Botany By Robert Pocock, Printer & Bookseller, Gravesend, Kent, 1821 Pocock left this page blank - modern library codes, stamps etc. Index. A Appearance and Reappearance of some Plants 77 Bristol scarce Plants noted not about Kent 79 Calendar of Botany about Gravesend 52 to 74 Cambridge Plants not about Gravesend 80 British Plants not yet found in Kent 85 Doubtful Plants if such exist 51 Discoveries in Botany Botanists a list of in Kent 82 Deal and Dover Plants not about Gravesend 22 E Excursions in search of Plants English Plants not in Scotland 26 English Plants found in Gardens about Kent Florists, a List of in Kent 90 Foreign Plants etc. about Gravesend 29 Foreign Plants etc. at the Earl of Darnley’s 31 Foreign Plants etc. at Lord Eardleys 33 Foreign Plants etc. at Mr Russels, Swanscomb[e] 41 Gravesend Plants not noticed by Mr Hasted Authors 23, 76 How to kill some Plants previous to drying Hortus Siccus how to make (the Paper requisite) Index I Isle of Sheppey Plants not about Gravesend 21 Irish Plants not in Great Britain 39 Kent (Scarce Plants in, or those which seldom occur) 19 List of Botanists 82 Mosses () Number of Families and Species Monthly Botany about Gravesend 52 to 74 Marine Plants at (or near) Gravesend 49 Margate Plants not about Gravesend 20 New Plants added to Dr Smiths Compendium 51 Number of Plants in Great Britain O Oxford (Plants peculiar to) 81 Plants difficult to dry Plants wanted by Author to complete his Hortus siccus Peculiar Properties in Plants 35 Odour in Plants 43 Taste in Plants 45 Plants when dried which keep their colour 47 Plants not in Kent (yet found) 85 Rare Plants of Britain noticed by Dr Smith 11 not noticed 19 about Gravesend 23 & 76 Scottish Plants not in England 24 Sheppey Plants not noticed by Mr Jacobs Shropshire (Plants peculiar to) 78 Sunderland (Plants peculiar to) Transported or Transplanted Plants 37 Time of some Blowing Plants to know the Season Index U Y Yorkshire Plants not in Kent 83 [Page] 11 The Rare Plants of Great Britain marked as such, in Dr Smith’s Compendium of Botany. The word rariss means the most Rare rar. Salicornia fruticosa rar. Chara gracilis rar. Fraxinus heterophylla rariss. Veronica hybrida rariss. Cyperus longus rar. Panicum sanguinale rar. Knappia agrostidea rar. Lolium arvense rar. Galium spurium rar. Echium Italicum rar. Lysimachia thyrsiflora rar. Anagallis cerulea – Corn Fields Ludsdown rar. Polemonium ceruleum rar. Campanula rampunculoides rar. Campanula hederacea rariss. Lobelia avens rar. Impatiens noli me tangere rar. Lonicerna Xylosteum rar. Eryngium campestre [Page 12] The Rare Plants in Great Britain rar. Glaucium violaceum rar. Papaver hybridum rar. Cistus marifolius rar. --------- guttatus rar. --------- ledifolius rar. --------- surrejanus [Helianthemum nummularium] rar. --------- polifolius rar. Anemone ranunculoides rar. Teucrium scordium rar. Mentha odorata rar. --------- acutifolia rar. --------- gentialis rar. Lamium maculatum rar. Galeopsis villosa rar. Bartsia alpina rar. Melampyrum cristatum rar. Antirrhinum repens rar. Scrophularia vernalis rar. Linnea borealis rar. Vella annua rar. Alyssum maritimum rar. Lepidium hirtum [Page] 13 The Rare Plants of Great Britain rar. Saxifraga moschata rar. Scleranthus perennis rar. Dianthus prolifer rar. --------- caesius rar. Cucubalus baccifer rar. Silene otites rar. --------- armeria rar. Cotyledon lutea rar. Sedum sexangulare rar. --------- album rar. --------- rupestre rar. Lychnis Viscaria rar. Asarum europaeum rar. Lythrum hyssopifolium rar. Euphorbia exigua - Corn Fields Thong rar. --------- lathyris rar. --------- hibernia rar. --------- characias rar. Fragaria elatior rar. Potentilla fruticosa rar. --------- rupestris rar. Tormentilla reptans rar. Actea spicata [Page 14] The Rare Plants of Great Britain rar. Tordylium officinale rar. Tordylium maximum rar. Caucalis latifolia rar. Athamanta libanotis rar. Staphylea pinnata rar. Drosera anglica rariss. Allium ampeloprasum rar. Allium schoenoprasum rar. Ornithogalum luteum rar. --------- pyrenaicum rar. --------- nutans rar. Anthericum serotinum rar. Convallaria verticillata rar. --------- polygonatum rar. Juncus gracilis rar. Alisma damafonium rar. Epilobium roseum rar. Daphne mezereum rar. Elatine hydropiper rar. Pyrola rotundifolia rar. Chrysosplenium alternifolium Boxley Street rariss. Saxifraga hirculus rar. --------- caepitosa [Page] 15 The Rare Plants in Great Britain rar. Thlaspi arvense rar. Cochlearia danica rar. Iberis amara rar. Isatis tinctoria rar. Dentaria bulbifera rar. Cardamine bellidifolia rar. --------- amara rar. Sisymbrium monense rar. Erysimum praecox rar. Hesperis inodora rar. Arabis stricta rar. Geranium nodosum rar. Lavatera arborea rar. Fumaria capreolata rar. Genista pilosa rar. Orobus sylvaticus rar. Lathyrus aphaca rar. --------- hirsutus rar. --------- latifolius rariss. Vicia hybrida rar. --------- laevigata rar. --------- bithynica rar. Tragopogon porrifolius [Page 16] The Rare Plants in Great Britain rar. Sonchus caerulens rar. Lactuca scariola rar. Hieracium bubium rar. Crepis foetida rar. --------- pulchra rar. Carduus tenuiflorus rar. Cnicus tuberosus rar. Santolina maritima rar. Artemisia campestris rar. Gnaphalium margaritaceum rar. --------- gallicum rar. Tussilago hybrida rar. Senecio viscosus rariss. --------- paludosus rar. Doronicum pardalianches rar. Pyrethrum maritimum rar. Anthemis maritima rar. --------- tinctoria rar. Centauria jacea rariss. --------- solstitialis Northfleet Cliffs rariss. Orchis hircina Wilmington rar. Epipactis ensifolia. rar. --------- rubra Otford Mount Woods [Page] 17 The Rare Plants in Great Britain rariss. Cyprideum calceolus rar. Typha angustifolia Shorne (Lower) rar. --------- minor rar. Carex curta rar. --------- axillaris rar. --------- incurva rar. --------- clandestina rar. --------- depauperata rar. --------- tomentosa rar. Xanthium strumarium rar. Amaranthus blitum rar. Ceratophyllum verticillatum rar. Salix purpurea rar. Salix rubra rar. Atriplex erecta rar. --------- pedunculata [Page 18] Rare Cryptogamia of Dr Smith’s Compendium rar. Aspidium Thelypteris rar. --------- lobatum rar. --------- spinulosum rar. Adiantum capillus veneris rar. Woodsia hyperborea rar. Trichomanes brevisetum rar. Dicranum interruptum rar. --------- spurium rar. --------- montanum rar. --------- tamarindifolium rar. Tortula brevifolia rar. Pterogonum Smithii rar. Neckera pumila rar. Hypdum recognitum rar. --------- cordifolium rar. --------- dubium rar. --------- crista castrensis rar. Mnium conoideum rar. Bryum roseum [Page] 19 Rare Plants not noticed by Dr Smith but R Pocock thinks ought to be marked as such as they do not occur but seldom in Kent or in the Neighbourhood of Gravesend Chrysosplenium alternifolium Boxley Street Mentioned by Dr S. Campanula hybrid [Legousia hybrida (L.) Delarbre] Chalk Gravel Pit, Southfleet Atropa belladonna [Atropa belladonna L.] Inula helenium [Inula helenium L.] Ophrys spiralis viz Neottia spiralis [Spiranthes spiralis (L.) Chevall.] Woolwich Sand Pits Cicuta virosa [Cicuta virosa L.] [Page 20] Plants about Margate not at Gravesend See Margate Guide for Plants 1st Edition Golden samphire Aster or Inula chrithmoides [Inula crithmoides L.] Grass Leaved orache (Atriplex littoralis) [Atriplex littoralis L.] near the Pier at Ramsgate – In August Sea Rocket Bunias cakile [Cakile maritima Scop.] Water Avens [Geum rivale L.] Solid Fumitory Prickly Glasswort Salsola Kali [Salsola kali L.]– In July Sea Campion [Silene uniflora] and Dover Campion Smooth Sea Heath (Frankenia) [Frankenia laevis L.]– In August Golden saxifrage [Chrysoplenium] Mountain Stonecrop Purple Goats Beard [Tragopogon porrifolius] Sea Colewort Gold of Pleasure [Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz] Stink Weed (A Plant so called) Two flowered Rush (In the Brooks) Sea chamomile in waste Ground near the Sea Yellow Orchis in the Field near Sackets Hill Podded Fucus Sea Cudweed on the Hill from Birchington to Brooksend [Page] 21 Isle of Sheppey Plants not about Gravesend Elicampane Spiral Orchis Yellow Horned Poppy (Chelidonium) [Glaucium flavum Crantz] Near Sheerness Eryngo Prickly Glasswort (Salsola Kali) [Salsola kali L] Sea chickweed (Arenaria peploides) [Honckenya peploides Ehrh.] On Shellness July Golden Samphire (Inula Chrithmoides) [Inula crithmoides L.] marshes Aug Narrow leaved Orache (Atriplex serrata) [Atriplex littoralis L.] Near Sheerness Aug Jagged Orache (Atriplex lacianata) [Atriplex lacianata L.] Near Sheerness Aug Sea Rocket (Bunias Cakile) [Cakile maritima Scop.] near Sheerness June Sea Cranesbill (Geranium maritimum) [Erodium maritimum
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