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different species and all of them in a flourishing condition. 

 The Dandelion {Leontodon Taraxacuni) and Knapweed {Cen- 

 taiiria nigra) are, of course, ubiquitous ; and the Bur-dock 

 {Arctium\ with the hooked scales of its involucre, affords 

 infinite amusement when a boy with back-hair sufficiently 

 long can be pounced upon unobserved. There are four 

 species of Thistle, besides the Sow-thistle ; but I have not 

 studied the class very closely, and shall not specify. The 

 Tansy {Ta^iacetum officinale), the Common Wormwood {Arte- 

 misia Absinthium) and Mugwort {A. vulgaris) are all to be 

 found, especially the last, while even of the Common Cudweed 

 {Filago germanica) I found a plant growing on the foot-paths. 

 Petasites fragra7is I introduced ; and it has so grown that it 

 is now nearly as plentiful as the Tussilago, which needed no 

 introduction. The Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) is naturally 

 common ; and we have four plants of Ragwort {S. JacobcBo), 

 which seem to supply food for numerous broods of cater- 

 pillars of the Cinnabar Moth, as we are never without a 

 swarm of these during the summer. Indeed with regard to 

 I/epidoptera, I may mention in passing that the Ghost Moth, 

 the Yellow Underwing, the Herald Moth, and the Grey 

 Arches are very plentiful, while I have even caught the 

 Humming-bird Hawk and Convolvulus Hawk Moths : and, 

 on one occasion, viz., nth February, 1885, I found such 

 myriads of the Caterpillar of Aplecta nebulosa, that the}^ had 

 to be swept out of the yards and thrown on the ash-heap. 

 Of Daisies we have, in plenty, not only the Common Daisy 

 {Bellis perennis), but the White and Yellow Ox-eye {Chrysan- 

 themuniLeucanthe^nuni and C. segettwi), and a few plants of the 

 Common Feverfew {Matricaria inodora), while Yarrow {Achil- 

 Icea Millefolium) is rampant throughout, and the Sneezewort 

 {Pulicaria dysenterica) effecting an entrance. Both species of 

 Periwinkle ( Vinca major and V. minor) grow, having probably 

 been planted or thrown out of the garden ; and there are two 

 species of Convolvulus, viz., C. arvensis and C. septum, 

 growing plentifully, besides another which has dark rose 

 stripes down the petal. There is a plant of Comfrey {Sym- 

 phytum offici7iale), a few of Borage {Borago officinalis), and two 

 of Hound' s-tongue {Cynoglossum offici7iale) ; but all these 

 have grown from seed which I scattered, and may no more be 



