2Q2 FIRST APPEARANCES OF BIRDS, INSECTS, ETC. 

 FLOWERS. 



Geranium lucidum was in bloom April 26th, Lamium 

 album and L. Galeobdolon. White and yellow Dead Nettles, 

 on same date. Polygala vulgaris (milk wort) both pink 

 and blue. Spiroea ulmaria, meadow sweet, June 19th, 

 Dorchester. J.R. 



Viola canina, March 20th. Orchis maculata (Spotted Orchis) 

 May 26th, Buckhorn Weston. (W.H.D.) Honeysuckle was 

 in leaf at Canford on January 19th. Portugal Laurel and 

 sallow in flower at Canford on February 19th. It was a very 

 poor year for sallow blossom. Viola canina was in bloom as 

 late as December 13th at Canford, and except for July prim- 

 roses were in bloom in Berewood throughout the year. On 

 December 14th we procured Vicia saliva, common Vetch, 

 Lychnis diurnajed csimpion,Lychnis vespertina,\vhite campion, 

 and a good bunch of primroses in Berewood, whilst ground 

 ashes and hazels were full of new green leaves. Utricularia 

 minor and Pinguicula lusilanica were abundant in Morden 

 Bog on July 18th. (W.P.C.) 



E.R.S. Notes. " Snowdrops out on January 4th, the earliest 

 date I can remember seeing them. Primroses too have been 

 seen out during December, 1912, and January, 1913." A few 

 snowdrops were out in a Chardstock garden 25th December, 

 1913. 



