OBSERVED IN HERTFORDSniEE IN 1891. 



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Table I. — Dates of Flowering of Plants observed in 1891, with 

 TUE Mean Date for 1876-90. 



Species. 



Hazel 



Coltsfoot 



Wood Anemone. 



Blackthorn 



G. Hedge Mustard 

 Horse Chestnut.... 



Hawthorn 



White Ox Eye .... 



Dog Eose 



Black Knapweed 



Harebell 



Greater Bindweed 

 Ivy 



St. Albans. 



The 

 Gran ire. 



Feb. 9 



Malvern 

 House. 



Mar. 28 



Aug. 11 



Berk- 



HAMSTEU. 



Feb. 17 

 Apl. 1 



May 4 

 May 8 

 May 30 

 June 2 



June 16 



July 21 

 Oct. 29 



H\R- 

 PENDEN. 



Hert- 

 ford. 



HiTCHIN, 



Feb. 12 

 Mar. 1 

 Mar. 30 

 Apl. 28 

 Apl. 28 

 May 23 

 May 19 



Me.4.n, 

 1876-90. 



Jan. 26 

 Feb. 24 

 Mar. 17 

 Mar. 31 

 Apl. 19 

 May 10 

 May 14 

 May 19 

 June 4 

 Jmie 20 

 July 5 

 July 7 

 Sept. 25 



Table II. — Earliest Dates of Observation of Birds and Insects 

 IN 1891, 1VITH the Mean Date for 1876-90. 



Species. 



Birds. 

 Song Thrush 



Swallow 



Cuckoo 



Nightingale 



Flycatcher 



Swallow (last seen) 



Insects 



Honey Bee 



Wasp 



Small White Butterfly 



Orange-Tip Butterfly 



Meadow-Brown Butterfly, 



Hitchin, 



Apl. 17 

 Apl. 13 

 Apl. 11 



Feb. 16 



