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same remarks as to last apply ; Wild Eose in full young leaf, and Adoxa 

 moschatellina in fine flower and growth ; occasional portions of hedges of 

 Cratcegus oxyacantha in full young leaf. 4th, Lamium purpureum in flower ; 

 first eggs of Turdus musicus hatched. 5th, Corylus avellana (portions of) 

 in full catkin by streamlet ; Birch in green bud, and Sycamore in full 

 green bud ; Rubus idceus (wild Raspberry) in full young leaf in Churnet 

 Valley. 7th, off -shoots from base of Elm trunk bursting into full young 

 leaf ; Tussilago Farfara at Oakamoor only in bud. 8tb, first flowers of 

 Leontodon Taraxacum by way side. 10th, saw Alauda arvensis and heard 

 it singing for first time this year ; first saw Nepeta Glechoma in flower on 

 rabbit warren ; Vanellus cristatus by now sitting; first flowers of wild 

 Primula veris brought to me, said to have been seen in flower about April 

 3rd. 16th, Ulex Europeans (yellow Gorse) in flower, closely adjacent to wet 

 waste ground ; some Sycamore trees in young leaf, and a few Birch trees 

 also on warren ground ; heard Cuculus canorus for first time this year in 

 Churnet Valley woods ; Strix aluco hooting early in month. 18th, Cardamine 

 pratensis in full bud towards bursting in old wall, first noticed ; Luzula 

 campestris (specimens of) in flower on lawn. 7th, Caltha palustris, first 

 in full flower at Oakamoor in wet field. 19th, Caltha palustris becoming 

 general. 20th, Lilac in full young leaf. 21st, Alnus glutinosa 

 partly in young leaf; Birch generally coming into young leaf; Nepeta 

 glechoma very general and in full flower. 10th, one of the Hirundinidce 

 first seen at Oakamoor. 23rd, specimens of wild Cherry in blossom at 

 Oakamoor, others in bud or bursting ; Primula veris becoming generally 

 in flower in meadows ; plant of Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus growing in 

 field only in mature bud ; specimens of Cardamine pratensis well in flower ; 

 a few instances of Pteris aquilina, one to two feet high in new growth. 

 24th, Chrysosplenium ( C '. oppositifolium ?) well in flower by streamlet ; Birch 

 tree in full young leaf. 21st, (close approx.) first flowers of Geranium 

 Robertianum in old wall facing S.S.W. 25th, Cratcegus oxyacantha bud- 

 ding and bursting only in neighbourhood of Weaver Hills, two miles N.E. 

 from Farley, and about 950 feet above sea ; at Farley 650 feet above sea, 

 in some cases in full and developed young leaf ; Lychnis diurna showing 

 its first flowers ; Tussilago Farfara still in flower. 26th, Limes bursting 

 into leaf ; Cardamine pratensis very general and in full flower in Churnet 

 Valley ; Birch generally in young leaf ; first flowers seen of Veronica 

 Chamadrys, the specimens gathered from old wall facing S.S.W. 16th to 

 19th. about this time Lamium mactdatum first in flower in Churnet 

 Valley. 13th, Petasites vulgaris, said to be in first full flower by Churnet 

 River. 24th, Myosotis arvensis coming out by this date ; saw a few isolated 

 flowers April 29th. 25th, Stellaria Holostea becoming general. 30th, 

 Alliaria officinalis bursting into flower about now. 30th, Salix ? over- 

 hanging pond still slightly in flower. — Clement L. Wbagge, F.R.G.S., 

 F.M.S. 



Oak and Beech Leaves gathered in Churnet Valley Woods, near 

 Farley, Staffordshire, May 4th, 1880. As to former, the first leafing I have 

 noticed hereabouts ; only a few instances of shoots from lower branches 

 in this condition ; higher parts of Oak only in bud. As to latter, a few 

 instances of off-shoots from lower branches only, in young leaf ; other 

 parts of Beech quite bare. May 21st, first young leaves of Ash gathered ; 

 not fully expanded. A good look-out kept. — C. L. Wragge. 



Notes on Comparative Forwardness of Ash and Oak. — April 23rd. — 

 Llaneast, Cornwall. An Ash and a.n Oak were noted near each other 

 close to a stream. The Ash in partial flower, the buds of the Oak only 

 just beginning to swell. Conditions of position, &c, very similar. May 

 3rd. — Llangollen, North Wales. An Ash and an Oak were again noted . 



