BOTANICAL SECTION, * eg 
It may interest some of our readers to see the following list 
of flowers, 34 in all, found between Cheltenham and the top of 
Leckhampton Hill, on the 4th of January, rgor. They illustrate 
the remarkable mildness of the early part of the Winter. 
Ranunculus acris (Buttercup). 
Papaver Rhoeas (Red Poppy). 
Capsella Bursa-pastoris (Shepherd’s 
Purse). 
Sisymbrium 
Mustard), 
Alliaria officinalis (Garlic Mustard). 
Reseda luteola (Dyer’s Weed). 
Stellaria media (Chickweed). 
Cerastium vulgatum  (Mouse-ear 
Chickweed). 
Arenaria serpyllifolia (Thyme-leaved 
Sand wort). 
Robertianum (Herb 
officinale (Yellow 
Geranium 
Robert). 
Ulex europaeus (Gorse). 
Geum urbanum (Herb Bennet). 
Vastinaca sativa (Wild Parsnip). 
Bellis perennis (Daisy). 
Sonchus arvensis (Sow Thistle). 
Lapsana communis (Nipplewort). 
Achillea Millefolium (Yarrow). 
Taraxacum officinale (Dandelion). 
Senecio vulgaris (Groundsel). 
Centaurea scabiosa (Knapweed), 
Chlora perfoliata (Yellow-wort). 
Galium Aparine (Cleavers). 
Veronica agrestis (Field Speedwell). 
Linaria cymballaria (Ivy-leaved 
Toadflax), 
Teucrium Scorodonia (Wood Ger. 
mander). 
Lamium purpureum (Red Dead 
Nettle). 
Lamium album (White Dead Nettle) 
Euphorbia Peplus (Petty Spurge). 
Euphorbia Helioscopia (Sun Spurge) 
Mercurialis perennis (Dog’s Mercury) 
Poa annua (Meadow Grass). 
Arrhenatherum avenaceum (False 
Oat Grass). 
Brachypodium pinnatum (False 
Brome Grass). 
Dactylis glomerata (Cock’s-foot 
Grass). 
In the list of records, when a flower was first found by a 
master, and afterwards by a boy, the master’s date and the boy’s 
initials are given, the master’s initials only being given when no 
hoy found the flower during the year. 
