The Flora of Berkshire; Being a Topographical and Historical Account of the Flowering Plants and Ferns Found in the County, with Short Biographical No Paperback -

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: The above figures apparently show that on the western side of the county there is a heavier rainfall than there is on the eastern side, since the average rainfall at Faringdon from ten years' readings of a gauge placed 340 feet above the sea is 25-49 inches, while at Wallingford, on the east side of the county, only 21-72 inches were registered. At Denford Park, near Hungerford, in the west of Berkshire, the yearly mean was 27-76, but at Reading, in the east, it was only 23.26. At Wellington College, on the western side, the yearly mean was 24.89, but at Cookhnm, on the east, it was only 23-16. Newbury and Yattendon, which are on about the same line of latitude, have a different amount of rainfall. The Yntteridon gauge is situated 440 feet above sea level, and the yearly mean is 24-60, while the Newbury one, which is only 260 feet above the sea, has a yearly mean of 26 05. At Wallingford in 1893 only 17-72 inches were registered; the highest yearly amount was registered at Faringdon in 1886, namely 34-26 inches. GEOLOGY OP BERKSHIRE. A brief sketch of the geology of the county is all that space allows. The following works on the local geology are enumerated for the convenience of those wishing to obtain fuller and more precise information: ? Geology of Oxf'ird and the Valley of the Thames, by John Phillips, 1871. Sections of the Strata near Oxford, John Phillips, in Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. xvi. (i8fiu) pp. 115-119, 307-311 Gravel near Maidenhead, Prof J. Prestwich in Journ. Geol. Soc. xii. (1886) p. 131. Dr. Bnckland in Trans. Gool. Soo and ser. ii. Bagshot Beds, W. H. Herrics in Geot. Mag. n. B. dec. i. viii. (1881) 171. Sections of Woolwich and Heading Beds at Reading, Prof. T. Rupert Jones and C. Cooper King. Geol. and Physical Features of Bagshot D...