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by the side of elm or maple, whose leaves ai'e golden yellow, is 

 a very attractive feature iu the woodland scenery. The Spindle Tree 

 (Euonymus europcem) surpasses in beauty any other shrub at this season, 

 the pretty pink capsules, which open and display their seeds covered 

 with a peculiar arillus, are as attractive as the rich-coloured autumn 

 leaves. The golden yellow foliage of the Larch trees formed a very 

 pleasing contrast to the dark evergreen of the other Pines. The leaves 

 of the Beeches were of a warm chestnut tint, mingled with patches of 

 bright yellow, which when waving in the breeze and lit up by the sun- 

 shine seemed like sheets of fire. The colours of the Oak leaves varied 

 from pale yellow to deep russet brown. Some trees are laden with 

 acorns tins year, but the supply in this district is but partial. The leaves 

 were falling thick and fast from many Ash and Chestnut trees, while the 

 Limes, Sycamores, and Poplars were almost bare. The Ivy, which 

 clothes many a rugged trunk and crumbling wall, was noticed in flower, 

 I was much surprised while walking down the High Street, Olney, to see 

 a Swallow still hawking about. Most of them left us about the 15th 

 October, while their congeners, the House Martins, departed about Septem- 

 ber 22nd. The mosses which I gathered on my return journey included 

 some Tortulas and Grimmia pulvinata from the walls, some feathery 

 Hypnums, silver Bryum, and a minute kind (Pottia minutula,) with 

 small bright red capsules, and Atrichum undulatum, several plants of 

 which I noticed bearing two capsules. I also gathered Frullania 

 dilatata, and many different coloured lichens from the trees and 

 fences. — R. Rogers, Castle Ashby. 



Wild Plants Flowering at 

 Ranunculus repens 

 Fumaria officinalis 

 Capsella bursa-pastoris 

 Coronopus didyma 

 Sinapis arvensis 

 Lychnis dioica 

 Stellaria media 

 Cerastium viscosum 

 Geranium Robertiannm 

 Ulex Europseus 

 Rubus corylifolius 

 Potentilla reptans 

 Fceniculum vulgare 

 Heracleum spondylium 

 Smyrnium olusatrum 

 Daucus Carota 

 D. rnaritima 

 Hedera helix 

 Scabiosa succisa 

 Apargia autumnalis 

 Sonchus oleraceus 

 S. arvensis 



Falmouth, 23rd November, 1880. 

 Crepis virens 

 Thrincia hirta 

 HypochaBris radicata 

 Cnicus lanceolatus 

 Centaurea nigra 

 Pyrethrum inodorum 

 Bellis perennis 

 Senecio vulgare 

 S. Jacobsea 



Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum 

 Achillea millefolium 

 Taraxacum dens-leonis 

 Erica cinerea 

 Linaria repens 

 Veronica agrestis 

 Lamium purpureum 

 L. maculata 

 Betonica officinalis 

 Prunella vulgaris 

 Plantago lanceolata 

 Euphorbia peplus 

 Parietaria officinalis 



Garden Plants Flowering in Open Air. 



Hydrangeas 



Veronicas 



Geraniums 



Eschalonia 



Yucca 



Rhododendrons 



Desfontainia spinosa 

 Berberis Darwinii 

 Aralia Sieboldii 

 Gladiolus 

 Stocks, &c. 



Howard Fox. 



