78 Calendar of Flora, Fauna, $c. 



June 5. — A single example of Papaver R/ueas in flower, 

 though not common yet. 



June 9. — Mimulus luteus, Hemerocallisjlava, Rhododendron 

 ponticum, Ranunculus acris plenus, R. Flammula, and Digitalis 

 purpurea in flower. Mr. B. M. Forster discovered Cardamine 

 amara in blow. Roses begin to abound. — Many prognostics 

 of rain heard today ; the peacock squalls ; spiders creep on 

 the walls much, and the cock crows all day at unwonted 

 hours. Tooth-ache and pains in the face prevail much. 



June 1 0. — A rainy day has followed yesterday's prognostics. 

 Papaver dubium in flower. 



June 11. — St. Barnabas. — Commencement of the solstitial 

 period. Gladiolus communis ? in flower ; also yellow Allium, 

 and both Symphitum tuberosum and S. asperrimum; also a 

 hybrid variety. 



June 17. — Malva sylvestris flowers in parts of Surry and 

 Hampshire. 



June 24. — This is the only year I remember when the 

 Scarlet Lychnis was not in flower by this day. An old poem 

 assigns it to St. John the Baptist, from its constancy to this 

 day, and my journals for fifteen years confirm the fact. 



June 26. — Lychnis chalcedonica just in flower, but not com- 

 mon yet. All the four British species of swallow very nu- 

 merous. The weather at length warm. Campanula Medium 

 begins to blow. 



June 27. — The purple Martagon Lily (Lilium Pomponhim «) 

 in blow, though some plants of the same species did not open 

 their flowers till about St. Swithin's day. Foxgloves begin 

 to abound under the hedges. Strawberries plentiful in the 

 gardens. 



June 29. — St. Peter and Paul. — A single flower out on 

 Crepis barbata; the general flowering, however, took place a 

 fortnight later. Anagallis arvensis begins to flower. 



June 30. — Tropceolum majus begins to flower. Hay cut in 

 my fields. Cherries and raspberries ripe. 



July 1. — VerbascumLychnitis, Hieracium sylvaticum. Weath- 

 er variable. 



July 2. — Visitation of the B. V. Mary. — Dog days begin. 

 Weather changeable. Hemerocallis fulva just beginning to 

 blow. Garden poppies common. 



July 9. — Oenothera biennis blows. The solstitial Flora is 

 now in perfection, though later than in most foregoing years. 

 The Lilium bulbiferum, which flowered today, used always to 

 be out in June. Much hay spoiled by the wet and uncertain 

 weather. Indian Cress abundant. 



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