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Tegetation in general was more than a month in advance of an average ordinary 

 season. It has been observable also that many of the ferns have kept their 

 autumn foliage perfect through the winter. 



By way of actual contrast, the following plants were all that could bo 

 found in flower in a similar route on March 4th, 1865 : — 



*Lamium purpureum 

 *Coryius Avellana 



Fragaria Fragariastrum 

 *Seneci'> vulgaris 



Veronica jxgrest is 

 *BelUs perennii 



Galanthus nivalis 

 Tussilago farfara 

 Primula vulgaris 

 Siitchinsia petrxa 

 Helleborus viridia 



