1852] JOURNAL— BOTANIZING NEAR CAMBRIDGE. 163 



April 15. The Kev. J. J. Smith took me to Norwich. Attended 

 a meeting of the Archaeological Society, and was introduced to 

 Mr. Harrod, Mr. Fitch, and Mr, Johnson. 



May 15. Mathews and I went by rail to Shepreth. Walked 

 along the road to Foulmire, across Foulmire Common and Meldreth 

 Common to the head of the brook, where there are several springs. 

 The common is now become very dry, owing to the perfect drainage 

 recently formed. At the spring-head we found the commencement 

 of the Bran Ditch, which we followed as far as the line of the 

 Icknield Way. We then turned towards the east along it, and 

 leaving the track at Chrishall Grange, kept across the tields direct 

 to Ickleton. The south-easterly point of the wood at Chrishall 

 Grange is formed of Laburnum, and the turf under the trees seems 

 rich in chalk plants. Returned to Cambridge by rail from Chester- 

 ford. 



May 25. Botanical party to Gamlingay ; forty-three in number. 



June 2. Wauton, Stratton, and I went to Dullingham Station, 

 then to the Devil's Ditch, along which we went to its southern end, 

 where in the last field we found Ophrys muscifera in plenty, and in 

 the ditch quite at the end Veronica montana. We then went to 

 Dttton Park Wood, and returned to the railway station. 



June 29. Went with Newbould by Quy Bridge, across Wilbraham 

 Fen to Little Wilbraham, by Hawk Mill to Fulbourn, by Cherry 

 Hinton Church, and home. The fen is now so much drained as to 

 produce no plants of interest. On the western bank of the Quy 

 water, above Hawk Mill, there was plenty of the Ophrys apifera. 

 Between that place and Fulbourn, on the opposite side of a ditch, 

 we saw Rhamnus frangula. 



July 5. A very hot day. Thermometer here in the shade 85°, 

 at Chiswick, near London, 97°. 



July 15. Went to Peterborough, and so to Eugby. 



July 16. To Nuneaton, and voted for Craven and Skipwith, the 

 losing candidates for the county. Then walked to Bulkington, and 

 returned by rail to Rugby. 



July 17. Cambridge. 



July 28. Went to Newmarket with Hort and Newbould. 

 Walked by the avenue to Chippenham Park, and round the out- 

 side of it to the east. Found on the wall Galium parisiense. In the 

 fields between Chippenham and Badlingham, we found Apera inter- 

 rupta in tolerable plenty. Then to the gravel pit, where we found 

 Medicago falcata and M. sylvestris, both apparently indigenous. In 

 the brook just by the bridge is Banunculus Drouetii{1). Then by 

 Kennet Heath, and back to Newmarket. 



July 29. To Snailwell Fen, and by Landwade and Exning back 

 to Newmarket. To Cambridge. 



