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

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

 Birmingham, who has undertaken to collate them. 



APRIL. 



*U*£E* ««*■ EMliest " Latfc ^ 



30 1 Anthrticus sylvestris (Cow Chervil) Mar. 16 April 21 



7 6 Cardamine pratensis (Cuckoo-flower) ... . Mar. 12 April 22 



12 9 Stellaria Holostea (Greater Stitchwort) . . Mar. 25 April 24 



71 11 Scilla nutans (Blue Bell) Mar. 31 April 22 



52 15 Veronica Chamadrys iGerrnander Speed- 

 well) Mar. 12 May 4 



02 13 Plantago lanceolata \ Rib wort Plantain). . April 3 April 28 



& 19 Ranunculus acris (Upright Crowfoot) ... . April 5 May 15 



20 22 Vicia sepium (Bush Vetch) April 14 May 5 



50 24 Symphytum offici frey) April 16 April 30 



10 28 Poly gala r Milkwort). April 18 May 7 



60 A-juga reptans (Bugle) April 15 May 5 



llj 30 Geeanium Robertianuji (Herb B bert).. April 27 May 4 



Ins I irds. 



75 Pieris Brassica (Large White Cabbage-Butterfly.) 



78 Bibio Marr.i (St. Mark's Fly.) 



84 Dauliai Nightingale) song begins. 



92 Hirundo rustica (Swallow) first seen. 



91 Cuculus canorus (Cuckoo) first heard. 



Plants in Blossom in South Beds, January 1st, 1881 : — 



NAME. . SITUATION, &C. 



*Mercurialis perennis ! . . . . Sandy hedge bank, S.W. 



Bellis perennis 

 Taraxacum dens-leonis 

 Cerastium triviale . . 

 Ranunculus repens 

 Petasites fragrans ! 

 Senecio vulgaris 

 Capsella bursa-pastoris 

 Ulex europaeus 



Chalk, hill-side, W. 

 Ditto ditto. 



Rubbish heap. 

 Chalk, fallowfield. 

 Weed of cultivation. 

 Common. 

 Ditto. 



Road-side, sandy soil. 

 A late autumn blossoming. 



■T. S., Luton. 



Phenological Notes made in walks in the neighbourhood of 

 Burton-on-Trent, March, 1881. 

 March 12th. 

 Humble Bee appearing. 



Arum maculatum (common Arum) coming up. 

 Rumex obtusifolius (common Dock) coming up. 

 Carduus nutans (Musk Thistle) in leaf. 

 Scilla nutans (Wild Hyacinth) sprouting. 

 Oxalis Acetocella (Wood Sorrel) in bud. 

 Crataegus oxyacantha (Hawthorn) budding. 

 Lonicera Periclymenum (Honeysuckle) in leaf. 



Corylus Avellana (Hazel) in full flower, both stamen and pistil 

 Salix (common Willow) catkins appearing. [bearing blossoms. 



Galanthus nivalis (Snowdrop) in full bloom. 

 Ranunculus Ficaria (Celandine) in flower. 

 March 19th. 



Anemone nemorosa (Wood Anemone) sprouting. 

 Mercuriahs perennis (Dog's Mercury) nearly in flower. 



F. E. Tripp. 

 "Kindly send plants with future notes. — W T . B. G.~ 



