NUCLEUS 0¥ A FLOBA OF GOSPORT. 157 



Centunculus minimus, Sucedafruticosa, Humultis lupulus, Anaeharis Alsinastrum, 

 Leigh Park, near Havant. 



Juncus diffusus, Scirpus parvulus. Said by Hooker to have been found a 

 few years ago, " on a muddy flat, near Lymington ; but tho place having been 

 lately much altered, — the very spot, perhaps, ' being now occupied by a 

 swimming bath, — it has since been searched for in vain." It may yet be 

 found in other parts of the county. 



Polypogon Monspeliensis, Agrostis setacea, Leersia oryzoides. Brockhurst 

 Bridge.* 



I regret that I am, at present, unable to make the foregoing list more 

 complete ; but, such as it is, it may be of some service to botanists who may 

 visit this part of the county. My best thanks are due to Mr. and Mrs. 

 Arthur Adams, who have assisted me in its preparation, and with whom I 

 have had the pleasure of visiting several of the stations indicated. 



Eoyixl Hospital, Haslar, 20th October, 1854. 



" THE GOOD TIME COMING," COME AT LAST :— BEING NOTES 

 ON RECENT RAMBLES AMIDST CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE. 



BY WILLIAM KIDD, ESQ. 



Get up, get up! Behold, the blushiag mom 



Upon her wings presents tho god unshorn. 



See how Aurora throws her fair 



Fresh-quilted colours through the wc\ 



Get up, sweet slug-a-bed, and see 



The dew-bespangled herb and tree. 



Each flower has wept, and bow'd towards the east 



Above an hour since, — and you not drest! 



Nay, not so much as out of bed, 



When all tho birds have matins said, 



And sung their thankful hymns ! — Herkick. 



It is vciy usual for people when they meet, to talk of " the weather and 

 the crops." That is an Englishman's standard dish. I go through the ordeal 

 of listening to these dry, statistical facts of daily observation, with the reso- 

 lution and patience of a martyr. To speak ti-uth, however, the weather has 

 been a legitimate subject of discourse for some months past; and speculation 

 as to whether wo ever should see Spring or Summer again, has been lawful 

 The crops have been mourned over, times out of number, — " all a dead 

 failure!" — "a sad prospect for the poor!" &c., &c. This, and how much 



* Atriplex nidens, has been found on the sea-shore, Isle of Wight, by Dr. Bromfield. I have not found it 

 on this side of the Hampshire coast, but it is likely it may yet be met with. It is a large coarse plant, 

 and some have supposed that, being introduced by accident, it is now only naturalized. 



