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folia, Cephalanthcra ensifolia flourish in the hanging woods, which 

 make the slopes of the Cotswolds so beautiful. I gathered Hdbenaria 

 viridis in a pasture-ground ; on the hill-top Spircea Filipendula and Scabiosa 

 Columbaria, and in the hedgerows of the vale below, Smyrnium Olusatrum. 

 I could, no doubt, add many others to the above list, if I were not 

 troubled with a treacherous memory, and had I not, as usual, mislaid 

 tbe notes I made at the time. — S. S. R. 



Phenological Observations made in the vicinity op Farley, near 

 Cheadle, Staffordshire, during July and August, 1880. — July 1st. — Elder 

 (Sambucus nigra) first seen in full flower in the Churnet Valley. 3rd. — 

 Black Bryony ( Tamus communis ) first seen in flower. 4th. — Nipplewort 

 (Lapsana communis) first gathered in flower, in narrow, deep lane, on 

 bank-side; gathered first flowers of Rough Hawkbit (Apargia hispida.) 

 5th. — Meadow-sweet (Spircea ulmaria) in full bud at Farley; first in 

 flower, however, in Churnet Valley, about 340 feet above the sea, near 

 the river; Black Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) first in flower at Farley, 

 rneadow-land. 7th. — First flowers of Spircea ulmaria at Farley, at a point 

 about 285 feet above the valley, by hedge side, open to S.E. 13th. — 

 Campanula latifolia first in flower by River Churnet. 14th. — Gathered 

 first Harebell (Campanula rotundi folia) on the slopes of Beacon Stoop. 

 15th. — First gathered Sheep's Scabious (Jasione montana) and Yarrow 

 (Achillea millefolium) by moorland waysides, near Cheadle. 21st. — 

 Woodsage, (Teucrium Scorodonia,) by now in flower. 24th. — Wild 

 Chamomile (Matricaria inodora or Chamomilla) said to have been first 

 seen in flower by wayside. 25th. — Yellow Bedstraw ( Galium verum) 

 first noticed in flower on the slopes of Weaver ; Stachys Betonica first 

 noticed just in flower, pasture ground in valley, near rivulet. 

 26th. — Gathered Common Ragwort ( Senecio Jacobcea) by wayside, near 

 Alton. 27th. — First flowers of Great Hairy Willow Herb (Epilobium 

 hirsutum) gathered in Churnet Valley, near the river. August 8th. — 

 Field Scabious (Scabiosa arvensis) first seen in flower by wayside ; Musk 

 Mallow (Malva moschata) first seen by wayside, near Farley; Golden 

 Rod (Solidago virgaurea) first noticed in flower. 13th. — First saw 

 flowers of Burdock, (Arctium Lappa,) near the banks of the Churnet. 

 Latter part of month Yellow Gorse and Ling in full flower on moorlands — 

 a fine sight. — Clement L. Wragge. 



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SOCIETY. — Geological Section. — August 24th. — Mr. Short exhibited some 

 fossils from near Ledbury, Herefordshire. Mr. Bagnall exhibited Arctium 

 intermedium and Leucobryum glaucum, and a portion of the cuticle of the leek. 

 Mr. Waller exhibited JHphysciuni foliosum, a rare moss, from near Llanberis. 

 Mr. Chase exhibited Motacilla jiava, the blue-headed wagtail, very rare ; 

 Motacilla Rail, the common yellow wagtail ; and Melizophilus Dartfordiensis, 

 the Dartford warbler. General Meeting. — August 31st.— Mr. J. E. Bagnall 

 exhibited Arctium ma/us, A. minus, Payavei Lecoqii, Verbena officinalis, and 

 other plants from Shipston-on-Stour. Mr. J. Levkk exhibited Melicerta tyro, 

 M. ringens, jfJcistes crystaUinus, Floscularia campanulata, and Batrachospermuni 

 moniliforme attached to Limncea stagnalis, all from the pond in his garden. 

 General Meeting.— September 7th. — Mr. T. Bolton exhibited a mounted 

 specimen of Carchesium polypinum, showing the spirally-coiled pedicle with 

 enclosed muscle ; also Bicellaria ciliata and Tubularia indivisa from Bangor. 



