APPENDIX I 



THE GARDENS OF THE WINDS AND THE 

 BIRDS IN MESOPOTAMIA 



For the benefit of those who do not know Oxford, it may 

 be stated that the " between the rivers " is between the King's 

 Mill Stream and the main channel of the River Cherwell. 



As an undergraduate I was much struck by the number, 

 size, and variety of the plants which grew on the pollarded 

 Willows of the Parks and Mesopotamia, from seeds conveyed 

 thither by wind or by birds, and, thinking that it might be of 

 interest to ascertain to what extent these " epiphytes " persisted 

 upon the same Willow from year to year, to what age they 

 might live, and by what circumstances their life in so precarious 

 a position might be affected, I commenced a record ; but have, 

 alas, not kept it up as assiduously as I should. 



The plants noted were those living upon the Willows 

 growing along the King's Mill Stream on the east side of 

 the Mesopotamia walk. They are numbered consecutively 

 from the Mill to the Rollers below Parson's Pleasure. 



Plants with names printed in black type have survived for 20 years. 

 ,, italics 10 ,, 



,, ,, ,, ordinary type were only observed on 



one occasion in the 4 selected years. 

 o signifies no epiphytic flora ; f, dead Willow. 



PLANTS NOTED IN THE YEARS 



1911 



1. O O O O 



2. o Dandelion . . o 



3. o Comfrey .. f 



4. Thorn 



Chickweed 



5. Ivy, Elder, Thorn, Currant . . f 



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