ITS THE MEADOWS AND PASTTJBES. 171 



The Proliferous Pink (DiantJius prolifer) may be 

 readily distinguished by its small deep-coloured purple 

 flowers, only one head of which expands at a time. 

 The Maiden Pink (Dianihus deltoides) has a rose- 

 coloured blossom spotted with white, and a white eye 

 enclosed in a deep purple ring. It has a much-branched 

 stem. By the hedge- side the Musk Mallow (Malva 

 moscTiata) will be found. Its flowers are pale pink ; 

 its leaves, kidney-shaped and lobed. It forms a good 

 foreground cluster for the artist, and it is known by 

 the strong musky odour of both flowers and foliage. 

 It is not uncommon in the meadows washed by the 

 Warwickshire Avon. 



Near the mallow the Yellow Vetchling (Lathyrw 

 pratensis) will probably be found, as well as on the 

 borders of the meadows where the tall grass grows 

 rank and wild, through which the long stem climbs by 

 means of the numerous tendrils. Its thin leaflets grow 

 in pairs, and its beautiful racemes of yellow flowers 

 grow seven or eight in a cluster. 



The grasses are now in full bloom, and we long to be 



in some quiet nook 



" On the verdant grass, 

 Beneath the covering trees, 

 To cheat the hours with short repose." 



