^8 CHARLES CARDALE BABINGTON. [1835 



April 15. Gathered a number of specimens of Oxalis acetosdla 

 at Charlcombe. 



April 16. Followed the road from Batheaston to St. Catherine's 

 to nearly the head of the valley, then descended to the brook and 

 found in plenty, and decidedly wild, indigenous, Narcissus pseudo- 

 narcissus and Hellehorus viridis ; returned along the other side of the 

 brook. I was particularly struck by the very large quantity of 

 Allium ursinum in the lane and on the banks of the brook, also 

 Anemone nemorosa and Oxalis acetosella. I found a Composite, probably 

 JDoronicum, on the brook-side at St. Catherine's. 



April 20. Saw in Warleigh wood Euphm'bia Laihyris, apparently 

 indigenous ; I never saw it in so truly wild a state and such great 

 plenty. 



April 29. Dined with Dr. Totty in Paragon Buildings ; met 

 Mr. and two Miss Wrights from Nottingham, very pleasant people. 



May 4. Left Bath. In London, attended the Entomological 

 Society Meeting, and heard my paper on Haliplus ferrugineus read. 



May 5. Linnean Meeting this evening. Mr. Hankey gave me 

 a specimen of Polygonum dumetorum found at Wimbledon in a wood 

 by the road-side. 



May 6. Entomological Dinner. Kirby, Spence, etc., present. 

 Mr. Stanley (afterwards Bishop of Norwich) said, that the naturalists 

 had two Bibles, other persons but one. Kirby said, that " Nature 

 must agree with Revelation, etc., we need not fear apparent dis- 

 crepancies." 



May 8. The Botanical Class went with Henslow to Coton ; 

 found rather a small quantity of the Paris. I took a few small 

 Staphylinidae. 



May 9. Henslow and I went up the Wimpole road to the foot 

 of the hill, and observed the extent of the chalk in that direction. 



May 11. Commenced my "Manual of British Botany." 



May 18. Power and I went to Horningsea fen ; he took a Sesia, 

 I found plenty of Hylesinus fraxini, and a few of Colym. femoi-alis. 



May 21. I took Hylesinus crenatus out of a decaying ash tree at 

 Grantcbester. 



May 22. The Botanical Class went to Wood Ditton. We found 

 Listera nidus-avis, Car ex pendula, etc., also a white variety of Ajuga 

 repens. 



May 26. Mr. Borrer came to Cambridge. I was with him all 

 the evening. 



May 27. Mr. Borrer and I went to SwafFham Prior, and Dr. 

 Jermyn went with us to Reche fen and the Devil's Ditch. We 

 found Roemeria violac. (hyhrida), Cladium, Carex stricta, etc. 



