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facing S.W. Brimstone Butterfly seen in Tardley Chase. June 3rd, 

 flowers of Lychnis jlos-cuculi, Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, and San- 

 guisorba officinalis first observed on clayey banks by a roadside. 4th, 

 first specimens of Plantago media gathered in pasture, and flowers of 

 Viburnum Opulus, (the Guelder Rose,) and the Spindle Tree, (Euonymus 

 europ&us) noticed in Denton Wood. 5th, fully expanded flowers of 

 Leontodon hispidue (Hawkbit) first seen ; partly opened heads were 

 noticed on May 28th. 10th, first flowers of Dog Rose (Rosa canina) 

 gathered from a hedge with S.S.W. aspect ; flowers of the Spotted 

 Orchis (Ore his maculata) and of Solanum Dulcamara were first observed on 

 the same day. 12th, Blue Butterfly seen near Yardley Hastings, and 

 Rose Beetle seen near Castle Ashby. 14th, ripe wild Strawberries first 

 gathered, a single cyme of the Elder Tree (Sambucus nigra) with fully 

 opened flowers seen on hedge facing S.E. The common Bryony noticed 

 on the same hedge. 15th, Poppies in full flower in cornfields, several 

 plants seen in forward bud on 12th, growing on bank open to S.S.W. 

 16th, Sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus) and the bright purple flowers of 

 Prunella vulgaris first noticed in a sandpit. The little Starwort (Stellaria 

 graminea) was seen in flower in Yardley Chase. On the 18th, the Hop 

 Trefoil (Trifolium minus) gathered from a roadside near Denton, and 

 specimens of Anagallis arvensis from the adjoining cornfields. This latter 

 plant had evidently been in flower a week before seen ; several of the 

 corollas had already fallen off. On the same date (18th) I gathered some 

 specimens of that " Queen of the grasses " Briza media, whose stamens 

 were then first observed hanging from their ever tottering plumes. 19th, 

 one or two plants of Valeriana officinalis, and of Spiraea Ulmaria (Meadow- 

 sweet) seen in flower by the side of a brook facing west. From a hedge 

 near I gathered several flowers of Cornus sanguinea (Dogwood.) 20th, 

 Black Bryony first seen in flower. 21st, gathered specimens of the 

 Bladder Campion (Silene inflata ) in full flower, on the border of a corn- 

 field. I noticed several other plants growing among the corn in forward 

 bud. 22nd, Potato in flower. 25th, Burnet Moth first seen at Yardley 

 Hastings. First flowers of Privet seen on hedge facing S.S.W. 26th, 

 Wheat ears first seen. 27th, Barley ears first seen. 28th, gathered first 

 flowers of Rosa arvensis from hedge facing S.S.W. Thymus serpyllum in 

 flower. 29th, specimen of Hypericum and Ballota nigra (Black Horehound) 

 seen in flower by a wall with S.E. aspect. Gathered flowers of Yellow 

 Waterlily (Nup har luteum ,) Yellow Iris, and Skull-cap from fish ponds. 

 Noticed some White Waterlilies on the same day. Flowers of Centaurea 

 Scabiosa (Thrapweed) and Bartsia Odontites gathered on the border of corn- 

 field. 30th, Fool's Parsley (JEthusa cynapium) and Scabiosa arvensis seen 

 in flower in cornfield. — Robt. Rogers. 



Phenological Observations taken in the vicinity of Farley, near 

 Cheadle, Staffordshire, during June, 1880 : — 1st, by now, Rhinanthus 

 Crista-galli, Barbarea vulgaris, and Galium saxatile in full flower. 

 Ranunculus hederaceus said to have been seen. 5th, about now, 

 Saxifraga granulata first in flower, near edge of wood, foot of Weaver 

 Hills. 8th, Veronica Beccabunga first seen in flower by wayside ditch. 

 10th, Polygonum Bistorta first seen fully out in meadow land, foot of 

 Weaver. 12th, first flowers of Trifolium repens in old wall facing 

 S.S.W. ; by now, Viola lutea fully out on Weaver Hills ; Stellaria graminea 

 first noticed in old wall, open to S. 13th, Lysimachia nemorum first 

 noticed by wayside, facing N., near Oakamoor. 15th, Digitalis purpurea 

 in flower near Ellastone. 16th, first flowers of Melampyrum pratense 

 in wood, near rivulet. 20th, by now, Sanicula Europ&a become 

 general. 22nd, Scrophularia nodosa just in flower, by hedge-bank, 

 facing S.E. ; Chcerophyllum temulentum becoming general. Gathered 



