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native roses, and often continues far into July. I have not observed 

 it so early before. 



Helianthemum vulgare in full flower. Forster says that it begins 

 to flower on June 26. The Floras unite in being too late, indicating 

 July and August. Saintfoin [Onobrychis sativa) now makes a gor- 

 geous show on limestone banks with its crimson flowers. Abundant at 

 the Croft, Mathon, with my friend John Roby, Esq., of Malvern. 



Wild thyme (TJiymus Serpyllum) and lady's fingers, or lamb-toe 

 {Anthyllis vulneraria), in flower. 



"The yellow lamb-toe I have often got, 

 Sweet creeping o'er the banks in summer time ; 

 And totter-grass, in many a trembling knot, 

 And robb'd the molehill of its bed of thyme.'' — Clare. 



Thyme is placed to the account of July by Hooker and Forster, 

 while Babington truly says June. 



Vicia Cracca in flower. Correctly indicated by Mr. Babington, but 

 July according to Hooker and Steele. Poterium Sanguisorba. July, 

 Hooker ; June, Babington and Steele. 



June 11. — CEnanthe crocata in full flower, and evidently been so 

 some days. Mr. Forster indicates June 12, yet all the Floras say 

 July, which is rather slow travelling for the present day. Time, the 

 season, or the Floras, must be " out of joint " here. Great valerian 

 ( Valeriana officinalis) also in flower. 



Centaurea nigra in flower. This date must be early for the Cen- 

 taurea, but I find a strange discrepancy about it. Hooker gives June 

 to August as the time of flowering of the black knapweed ; while Ba- 

 bington and Steele indicate that it does not flower till August. This, 

 therefore, seems very much like a case of lapsus calami on the part 

 of the learned botanists last named. Sir J. E. Smith has June — 

 August in the ' English Flora,' which is doubtless right. 



Prunella vulgaris in flower. Forster and all the Floras say July. 



June 12. — Vicia bithynica in full flower at Alfrick. The Floras, 

 all to leeward, indicate July. Knautia arvensis in flower. This 

 must be an acceleration, as Forster and all the Floras give July. 

 Verbascum thapsus in bloom at the top of its spike. The Floras say 

 July, but Forster indicates Midsummer-day. 



Carduus acanthoides and palustris in flower. Babington accurately 

 states June for the former, but joins with Hooker and Steele in stating 

 July for the latter. Forster, more precisely, says early in June. 



Hypericum hirsutum in flower. The St. John's-worts are well 



