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Aug, 22nd. — Buckland Hills. Betchworth Station was the 

 meeting place of ten members. Here on the railway-bank 

 Campanula Rapimculus was gathered in flower. The walk 

 from Betchworth to Reigate along the chalk-hills is always a 

 pleasant and varied one at any time of year. At the end of 

 the summer one of its special charms consists in the abun- 

 dance of some of the more showy of the chalk-loving plants 

 by which the hill-slopes are made gay with bright colours. 

 The common Ragwort was one of the most conspicuous, dis- 

 playing fine masses of bright yellow. The St. John's-wort 

 {Hypericum j)erforatum), Yellow-wort, and some of the yellow 

 Composites also contributed; and among flowers of other 

 colours the handsome drooping Musk Thistle, the Musk 

 Mallow, Red Centaury, Maqoram, and Greater Knapweed 

 were noticeable. In one place the parasitical Greater Dodder 

 {Ctiscuta Europesa) was found climbing over the stems and 

 leaves of the Wood Germander, Greater Knapweed, and other 

 plants ; it is readily distinguished by the included styles. 

 The curious little Ground Pine or Yellow Bugle [Ajuga 

 Chamapitys) was found in flower, and Galium tricorne in fruit. 

 Cirl Buntings were in song. 



Sept. 12th. — A party of ten arrived at Forest Row shortly 

 before 11 o'clock, and walked across some meadows to 

 Brambletye House, passing on the way one of the head waters 

 of the River Eden, a stream with a deep watercourse, 

 evidently liable to floods, as there were traces of the water 

 having been four feet higher than at present. An old bridge 

 which spanned the stream is said to date from the Conquest. 

 The original house has long since ceased to exist, but the 

 moat which surrounded it and defended it still remains. 

 The more recent house dates back about 250 years, but it is 

 now in ruins ; the gateway or porch is left. There are the 

 remains of four well-cut shells in stone, and some good 

 carving in the porch. An arched descent into a basement 

 storey is in good preservation, and the remains of a tower now 

 clad with Ivy. Other portions of the building are covered 

 with Ivy, the stems of which have acquired unusually large 

 dimensions. There appears to be the remains of another moat, 



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