68 CORRESPONDENCE. 



cannot observe the whole number are requested to pay especial 

 attention to those of which the names are printed in capitals. 

 Observers are respectfully requested to comply with the rules laid 

 down in Sde srs. Grove and Bagnall's paper at page 15 of the pre 

 Volume ; and to Bend their notes and specimens as early each month as 

 possible to Mr. W. B. Grove, B.A., Franchise Street, Perry Barr, Bir- 

 mingham, who has undertaken to collate them. 



M UiCH. 

 Phi nls. 



N°iQ ■■"-■ Earliest. Latest. 



List. Date. 



25 1 Potentilla Fragariastrum (Barren Straw- 

 berry) Jan. 18 April 7 



36 3 Petasites vulgaris (Butter-bur) Feb. 18 April 10 



9 i Viola odorata (Sweet Violet) Feb. 1(3 Mar. 25 



65 Salix caprea (Great Sallow) Feb. 16 April 3 



69 6 S<irci.<.<us l-y.,-1,,1,, n.irrissiis (Daffodil) Feb. 12 April 3 



64 7 Ulmus montana , (Wych Elm) Feb. 5 April 1 



6 9 Draba verna (Whitlow Grass] Feb. 26 April 6 



1 11 Anemone nemorosa (Wood Anemone) .. Feb. 27 April 6 



4 15 Cai/THA PALDSTBIS (.Marsh Marigold I .... Feb. 14 April 13 



57 20 Nepeta Glechoma (Ground Ivy) Mar. 3 April 9 



22 29 Pbunus Spinosa (Blackthorn) Feb. 20 April 16 



61 30 Pbtmula vebis (Cowslip) Mar. 19 April 7 



Inn cts and Birds. 



71 Apis meUifica (Honey-Bee.) 



76 Pieris rapir (Small White Cabbage Butterfly.) 



79 Trichoeera hiemalis (Winter Gnat.) 



*7 Phyllo8copus collybita (Chiff-chaff) song begins. 



90 Corvus frugilegus (Hook) builds. 



86 Phylloscopus trochilus (Willow Wren) soul; begins. 



Early Flowering. — On December 26th I found Mercurialit 

 perennis, both male and female, several plants in full blossom. Station, 

 borders of Beds and Herts ; soil sandy, dry ditch, S.W. aspect. I 

 could find, over many miles of country, only one other staminate 

 spike, on January 16th. The first date is remarkably early, if it is 

 not a remnant of late autumn growth. On January 29th, 1881, on a 

 railway bank near the town, with a south aspect, I found several plants 

 of Ttusilago Farfara, in full blossom, about three or four inches high. — 

 J. Saunders, Luton. 



(Can any observer bring forward an undoubted instance of 31. 

 perennis floworiug a second time in the autumn ? — Eds. Mid. Nat.] 



" w, Notes. December 10th, 1880, at Frampton. — Lamium 

 purpureum, in hedgerows; Vinca minor, var. alba, Primula vulgaris; 

 Polyanthuses and Stooks in garden. December 27th.— Viola odorata, 

 is, at Frampton. January 4th, 1881. Bellis perennis, at 

 Gidding. January 7th. Ulex Europaus, Helpstone and West Deeping ; 

 Lamium album, J., purpureum, Capsella Bursa-pastoris, Geum urbanum, 

 Wei l' ping; Linaria Cymbalaria, Senecio vulgaris, Bamaok. — 

 January IStb bo 29th, carpet of snow; February 3rd, Oalanthus nivalis 

 a garden al Frampton. February 9th, Galanthus nivalis and //-■//<•- 

 borus niger, gardens around Peterborough. The wild plants above 

 mentioned were collected in full flower al the various places named by 

 J. W. Bosoi a, Peterborough. 



