294? Perennial Calendar. 



Fauna.'— Bees swarm on the , land rail heard , cockchaffer, 



or May beetle, appears , dragon-fly (L. depressa), turtle-dove , 

 flycatcher , yellow lark , goatsucker , glowworm , 



Mrasp , rose beetle , nightingale , stone curlew , 



midsummer beetle , angler's white fly , admiral butterfly , 



comma butterfly , young swallows fly , and largest willow wren 



on the 



Meteorology. — As before, and add thunder storms. 



Flora for JiUy. — Evening primrose on the , fraxinella , 



lady's slipper , moss rose , sword lily , woodroof , 



hop , foxglove , white lily , American cowslip , 



scarlet lychnis , martagon , stramonium , houseleek 



, orpine , water plantain , tulip tree , deadly night- 



shade , carnation , tiger lily , sunflower , African 



marigold , hollyhock , cardinal flower , love-lies-bleed- 



ing , and French marigold , Fruits ripened, viz. gooseberries 



, currants , cherries , jargonelle pear , juneat- 



ing apple , apricots , strawberries , raspberries ,and 



black currants on the . Harvest begins ; peas ripe on the , 



rye , wheat 



Fauna, -r- Young martens fly on the , partridges run , dra- 



gon-fly (L. grandis) appears on the , midsummer beetle , admiral 



butterfly , glowworm , nightingale silent , cuckoo silent 



, young frogs leave the water 

 , Meteorology. — As before, and add thunder storms, 

 v' jP/ora/or JMgw5^.— Carnations flowered on the , hollyhock , 



passion flower , coreopsis , meadow saffron , tobacco 



, ragwort , China aster , rudbeckia , lady*s traces 



, Chrysanthemum indicura , perennial sunflower , and 



biick wheat . Fruit ripe, viz. morello cherry , noblesse peach 



, elruge nectarine , green gage plum , magnum-bonum 



plum , Windsor pear , mulberry , white fig 



Harvest begins : peas , wheat , oats , rye , barley 



. Corn harvest ends . 



i^lotMna.— Swift, or black marten, disappears on the , starlings con- 



gregate , house sparrows repair to the fields . ' ' 



Meteorology. — As before. 



Flora for September, — Autumnal crocus on the , China aster 



, golden rod , amellus aster , small-flowered aster , 



large purple aster , Jerusalem artichoke , fine-leaved worm- 



wood , dahlia . Leaves of trees begin to change colour, viz. 



the lime on the , elm , horsechestnut , beech , 



willow , and ash leaves begin to fall on the . The noblesse peach 

 ripened on the , elruge nectarine , green gage plum , 



Windsor pear , mulberry , and white fig not till the ; 



filberts , walnuts , chestnuts , and hops on the 



Fauna. — Swallows congregate on the , martens 



Meteorology. — As before, and add, equinoctial gales commenced on the 

 , continued days. 



:, -Flora for October. — Chrysanthemum indicum began flowering on the 

 , late-flowering golden rod , ivy , China aster , 



and arbutus on the ; abele and ash shed their leaves on the ; 



field beans cut , buckwheat ripe , and swans-egg pear ripe 



the . 



Fauna, — Woodcocks arrive on the , redwings and fieldfares on 



the , ring ouzel on the ; swallows migrate on the , house 



and sand martens on the . . 



