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Calendar of Flora, Fauna, and Pomona, at Hartfield in Sussex, 

 from July 19 to August 13. 



July 19. — Fine warm summer weather seems at length set 

 in, the thermometer averaging about 72° at its maximum, and 

 58° at its minimum. The solstitial plants in general are in 

 full flower, having opened somewhat later than usual this year, 

 and the festival Flora has already begun to display her gay 

 wardrobe. Of the solstitial plants, the Scarlet Lychnis, 

 the abundance of Pinks, Roses, Campions, the Canterbury 

 Bells, and the numerous Poppies, may afford an example ; in 

 no preceding year have they flowered more luxuriantly, with 

 the sole exception of Papaver somniferum. Of the aestival 

 plants the Scabious, the Indian Cress, and various Campanulas, 

 may be noticed as very abundant. The China Aster and 

 other tender annuals have been destroyed this season by the 

 abundant ants and other destructive vermin ; and I have only 

 succeeded in raising a few seeds already young. Inula Hele- 

 nium in full blow. 



July 20. — St. Margaret. The White Lily and the Cam- 

 panula rapunculoides in full blow. The Elecampane also in 

 flower. 



July 21. — Convolvulus septum in blow in the hedges. — To- 

 night about a quarter past 10 P.M. we noticed a remarkable 

 red light in the clouds to the north, passing gently over from 

 the east; the whole substance of the flimsy cumuli seemed illu- 

 minated with a l'eddish light. The phenomenon only lasted 

 10 minutes, and was probably some peculiar reflection of light 

 refracted in the atmosphere to the northward and proceeding 

 from the sun, who, though set to us, might illuminate the 

 higher atmosphere. 



July 22. — St. Magdalen*. Campanula Rapunculus, C. Tra- 

 chelium, and several others, in full blow at Walthamstow. 



July 24. — Chironia Centaureum in flower. 



July 25. — The Circcea alpina, which flowered in June, still 

 flowers in abundance, and also a large variety of it two feet 

 high, which approximates much to Circcea lutetiana. 



July 26. — After various signs of rain deduced from animals, 

 from the sky, and from aches and pains, which prevailed du- 

 ring the last two or three days of the fine weather, a copious 

 watering from the north has set in this afternoon. 



July 27. — Cooler after the rain ; breeze from the north. 



July 28. — Wind S.W. and fair summer day. Sonchus pa- 



• I shall always notice the remarkable clays of the calendar in this 

 Journal, because reference is made to them in the old Botanical Calendars 

 (sec Perennial Calendar, July 23, in which this is explained). 



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