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Saturday 30 May 2009

A Glimpse of the Mersey Valley 50 Years Ago - Hilda Broady's Journal





30th May, 1959


The grass has now become very tall and overgrown. The bluebells are fruiting and many are hidden in the grass.


All the vegetation is very dry. The stream is completely dried up, and there is a large amount of debris in it. Specimens of the following flowers have been collected today:


Bluebell - Scilla Nonscripta


Earthnut - Conopodium Denudatum


Common Sorrel - Rumex Acetosa


Greater Stitchwort - Stellaria Holostea


Snake Weed - large patch growing - Polygonum Bistorta


Editor's Note:


Plant names have been revised in the last 50 years.


Modern Names:


Bluebell: Hyacinthoides non-sripta


Earthnut (Pignut): Conopodium majus


Common Sorrel: Rumex acetosa (unchanged)


Greater Stitchwort: Stellaria holostea (unchanged)


Snake Weed (Bistort): Persicaria bistorta
All of the above plants are still in Barlow Wood where Mrs Broady found them 50 years ago.



Posted by Dave Bishop, 30th May 2009



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