38 J, HOPKINSON — REPOET ON PHENOLOGICAL 



date registered, and these altered dates are indicated hy a (?) as in 

 the Rev. T, A. Preston's reports published by the Meteorological 

 Society. 



No. Species. "Watford. "Ware. 



1. j4nemone nemorosa (wood anemone) Mar. 21 Mar. 24 



2. Eanunculu!^ Ficaria (pilewort) Mar. 23 Mar. 2o 



3. R. acris (ujiright crowfoot) Apl. 28 



4. Caltha pnlustris [mdii'sh m.mgo\di) Mar. 15 



5. Papaver Rhaeas (red poppy) June 2 June 8 



7. Cardamine pratensis (cuckoo flower) Apl. 20 (?) Apl. 15 



9. Viiila odorata (sweet violet) Mar. 1 1 



10. Tolijgala vulgaris (milkwort) June 14 



11. ZycZ/Mw i^/os-c«M</< (ragged Eobin) June 2 June 8 



12. iS^e/Zarirt 2fo/o«tea (greater stitch wort) Apl. 20 (?) Apl. 4 



13. J/flfoa syfee«<rts (common mallow) June 10 (?) June 9 



16. Geranium Robertianum (herb Hobert) Apl. 30 May 7 



17. Tr if nlium repens {Tiuic\ closer) May 28 May 29 



18. Lotus corniculatus (birdsfoot trefoil) May 27 (?) May 25 



19. Vicia Cracca (tufted vetch) June 30 June 30 



20. V. sepium (bush vetch) Apl. 23 Apl. 27 



21. Zfl!i!/(j^rMS jBr«<<'««M (meadow vetchling) June 12 



22. Prunus spinosa (blackthorn) Apl. 6 (?) Apl. 6 



23. Spircea JJlmaria (meadow-sweet) June 30 June 23 



24. Potentilla anserina (silver-weed) May 22 



25. P. Frngariastrtm, (barren strawberry) Mar. 22 (?) Mar. 23 (?) 



26. Rosa canina (dog rose) June 11 June 12 



30. Anthrisciis sylvestris ["^TiMi chQT:\'A) Apl. 26 Apl. 20 



32. Galium Aparine (cleavers) May 25 (?) May 31 



33. G. verum (yellow bedstraw) June 30 



37. Tussilago Farfara (coltsfoot) Mar. 23 



38. Achillea Millefolium (milfoil) June 24 



39. Chrysanthemum Leimmthemum (ox-eye) May 28 (?) May 31 



41. Senecio Jacobeea (ragwort) June 24 



42. Centaurea nigra (black knapweed) June 26 



44. Carduus arvensis (field thistle) July 1 (?) July 1 (?) 



46. Jlieracium pilosella (moiise-CAv) May 21 



47. Campanula rotimdifolia (hairbell) July 9 



60. Symphytum officinale (comfrey) May 23 



52. J'ej-owjca 6'/i«w<<e(5?;</s (germander speedwell) May 4 May 2 



65. Thymus Serpyllum (wild thyme) June 26 



67. Nepeta Glechoma (ground ivy) Apl. 6 Mar. 30 



69. Stachys sylvatica (hedge woundwort) June 18 June 9 



60. Ajuga reptans {cree^mg hvigle) May 12 (?) May 7 



61. Primula veris (cowslip) Mar. 18 Mar. 29 



62. Plaidago lanceolata (ribwort) Apl. 17 (?) Apl. 14 



63. Mercurialis 2}ere}inis (dog's mercury) Mar. 25 



67. Orchis maculata (spotted orchis) June 3 June 14 



68. Iris Pseudacorus i^^Qyi vn£) June 10 June 12 



71. Endymion nutans (blue-bell) Apl. 23 



Of the 45 plants enumerated in this table, it will be seen that 

 34 were observed by myseK in the neighbourhood of Watford, 

 and 39 by Lieut. Croft and Mr. Carter near Ware. When the 

 same species was seen first in flower on different days by the two 

 observers for Ware, the earliest date is entered. The dates appear 

 on the whole to be slightly earlier at Watford than at Ware, a 

 result we might have anticipated from the position of the two 

 places ; and it is more than probable that had there been two 



