. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. X xo diam. Fig. 36.—;5cale in flint, probably Acrognathus or Fig. 37.—Group of fossilized shells. Above this bed, and higher up in the Lower Tertiary beds, a layer of a dense mass of shells exists (fig. 37). It is to be seen at Lewisham, and was cut across in making the Thames Tunnel Railroad. I am informed that a layer of shells has been found in Paper Lane, Carshal- ton, a spot where this bed might naturally be expected to be found. THE RIVER WAND
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. X xo diam. Fig. 36.—;5cale in flint, probably Acrognathus or Fig. 37.—Group of fossilized shells. Above this bed, and higher up in the Lower Tertiary beds, a layer of a dense mass of shells exists (fig. 37). It is to be seen at Lewisham, and was cut across in making the Thames Tunnel Railroad. I am informed that a layer of shells has been found in Paper Lane, Carshal- ton, a spot where this bed might naturally be expected to be found. THE RIVER WANDLE. Through my garden a beautiful and celebrated trout stream runs, called the River Wandle ; its transparency has been recorded by Pope, —"the blue transparent Vandalis appears.^' The branch which runs through the garden rises at Waddon, where it immediately turns a flour mill; it is joined by a little stream which rises above Croydon, and comes out at a culvert to the west of Croydon Church ; it then passes to Beddington, driving a snuff mill, thence it runs through Bed- dington Park to my garden, where it drives a paper mill; and, after passing a short distance by the estate of Mr. Graham, joins another and larger stream at Shepley House, and becomes one river, which. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877. London, Bell and Daldy
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