THE FLORA OF WARWICKSHIRE. 263 



II. Oversley Wood ! Wetherley Wood. Purt.. i.. 132; Morton Morrell, 



)'. andB.; Chesterton. Lighthorne, hedge, near Kenilworth. 

 H. B.; plentiful about Ipaley! J. T. & tter; Cold Comfort, 

 near Alcester ; hedges, near Alveston Pastu: 



RHAMNACEvE. 

 RHAMNUS. 

 R. catharticus. Linn. Buckthorn. 



Native : In woods and hedges. Locally common, Mav, June. 

 I. Packington. Aylesford, B. G., ii.. 634 :' Coleshill, Bree., Mag. Nat. 



Hist., iii.. 163 : near Knowle Station. 

 II. Bidford, Purt. A.. 130 ; Radford. Perry, Fl., p. 22 ; StyvichaL 



Kirk, Herb. Brit. Mas. ; Moreton. Hampton Lucy. Y. and I:. ; 



Myton, Tachbrook. //. B.\ Pinley, Kirk., Phyt., ii.. 94 



Langley, in the parish of Claverdon, Bree : Honington ! 



Tredington. Newb. ; Bilton. R. 8. R. ; Lighthorne, . 



King; Drayton Bushes; Brandon; Brinklow; Ipsley. 

 R. Frangula, Linn. Black Alder. 



Native : In woods and hedges. Locally common. May. June. 

 I. Abundant in Sutton Park ; Coleshill Heath : Trickley Coppice. 

 II. Grafton ! Arrow, Great Alne, Purt., i., 131 ; woods at Hattou, 



Perry, Fl. ; Coventry Wood, Arbury Deer Park. Kirk. Phyt.. 



ii., 969 ; Chesterton ! Oakley Wood ! Y. and B. : Hay woods ; 



Brinklow ; Brandon. 



(To be contimu 



METEOROLOGY OF T H B MIDI A N D S 



THE WEATHER OF SEPTEMBER. 1881. 



BY CLEMENT L. WRAGGE, F.R.G.S., F.M.S.. ETC. 



The conditions of September are soon noted. It was a typical 

 month of early Autumn. Fogs and heavy dews were prevalent in 

 the mornings, but the weather was generally fine, and favourable for 

 the ripening and ingathering of the late corn harvest. Singularly 

 enough, in the neighbourhood of Melton Mowbray and other p 

 Leicestershire, the rainfall was considerably heavier than in our 

 other counties, and harvesting operations suffered in consequence. 

 This was also the case in the vicinity of Scarborough, and the 

 excessive rain there caused the grain to sprout. Three barometric 

 depressions were recorded, viz.. on the 6th, 18th, and 21st. taunder- 

 storms accompanying that of the 18th. Temperature was below the 

 average at Mansfield by 2.3. and at Orleton by 1.5. Duration of 

 sunshine at Hodsock 87.7 hours. Extreme values from radiation 

 instruments : — Solar, 129.0 on 17th. and terrestial 30-8 on 29th. at 

 Burton and Marlborough respectively. Mean sea temperature at 

 Scarborough 5L0. 



Notes by Observers. — Cheltenham. — Fruit ripe much earlier than 

 last year ; leaves falling much sooner. WooUtatton. — Swallows left 

 about 19th. Burton. — Chestnuts and limes, as also at Cheltenham, 

 bare very early. Ahtonfield.— Swift remained unusually late : two 

 pairs as "late as September 6th. Linacre. — Primroses in bloom on 

 24th ; crocus on 25th. Oxford.— Lunar corona seen on 6th. 

 William.— Only two wasps noticed during the entire season in this 

 locality, one of which was taken about 2-5 feet from the top of Ben 

 Nevis. 



