JUNE. 179 



ANGLING. 



If we except roach, most fresh-water fish are now 

 in season : bream is excellent, and may be caught 

 in the deepest places, in ponds or still streams, early 

 in the morning, or late in the evening, by a very 

 cautious and adroit master of the angle, with paste, 

 wasp-grub, dock-grub, or grasshopper. Most fish 

 will now bite eagerly, and fly-fishing is become 

 animated, especially for trout, which is in its glory. 

 The angler's life is now delightful : the country 

 about him is a paradise, full of greenness and flowers, 

 which perfume the air ; the neighbourhood of the 

 water is refreshing ; the birds shower their music 

 down upon him from every bough ; and now, if 

 ever, he has sport to his heart's content. 



FLIES. From the 1 st to the 24th, the green drake 

 and stone fly ; from the 12th to the 24th, the gray 

 drake and the owl fly, late at night ; a purple hackle, 

 a gold twist hackle, a flesh fly, the peacock fly, the 

 ant fly, a brown gnat, a little black gnat, a grass- 

 hopper. 



CALENDAR OF THE FLOWER-GARDEN. 



Class II. Order 1. Jasminum officinale, White Common Jasmine. 10. 



Jastninum v. argent, var. Silver-striped Common Jasmine. 



Jasminum v. aurea, var. Gold-striped Common Jasmine. 



Calceolaria pinnata, Wing-leaved Slipperworf. 8. 



III. 1. Gladiolus communis, Red Corn-flag. 7. 



Gladiolus Byzantinus, Larger Corn-flag. 7. 



Iris Virginica, cum mult, aliis. Virginian Iris, with many others. 



III. 2. Briza maxima, Quaking-grass. 



IV. 1. Budlea globosa, Globe-flowered Budlea. 7. 

 Scabiosa Alpina, Alpine Scabious. 7. 



