134 TO MAY. 



EuphoriiacecE. 



191. Mercury. Mercurialis perennis. April. 



Plentiful in woods and thickets, Shibden. 



Urticace2i. 



192. Common Nettle. Urtica dioica. June. 



Waysides, hedgebanks and field borders, Shibden. 



193. Hop. Humulus Lupulas. July. 

 Near Scout hall in Shibden, near Cromwell wood in Southowram. 



Ulmacedi. 



194. Common Elm. Ulmus Suberosa. March. 



Woods in Shibden, common. 



(to be continued.) 



J.W. 



i0 Pay. 



Hail ! bounteous May, thy vernal 



bloom, 

 Upheaving from its wintry tomb; 

 O'erspreads the bleak anil glowing 



plain, 

 With gorgeous hues of life ajain. 



Hail ! virgin season blythe and gay, 

 With joy we greet thy opening day; 

 And join the anthem of thy praise 

 Which nature's various voices raise. 



Nature resumes her wonted j ride, 

 And decks the glen and mountain 



side 

 With verdant beauty jfiagrant flowers, 

 And shady amaranthine bowers. 



The lovely rivulet that flows, 

 'Neath where the weeping willow 



grows ; 

 The craggy nook, the mossy cell, 

 Harmonious with thy praises swell. 



The balmy breeze thy advent sings. 

 And through the vale the echo rings; 

 While sounds mellifluous fill the air, 

 From merry songsters warbling there. 



All natures' vocal with a psalm, 

 Midst solitude and holy calm. 

 Its thrilling notes seraphic rise 

 With feiwent zeal, and pierce the skies. 



J. NiCHOLL. 



