XI 



WASTES AND WAYSIDES IN SUMMER 



It will probal)ly have been noticed that several of the sj^ring flowers 

 of our waysides and waste places continue to bloom into the summer. 

 Descriptions of these will, of com'se, not be repeated here, but, for 

 the convenience of those who are endeavom'ing to identify flowers 

 which have been gathered during the summer months, we append 

 a list of the species referred to : 



Plants of the Wayside and Waste Ground that bloom 

 DURING both Spring and Summer 



Greater Celandine. 

 Shepherd's Purse. 

 Yellow Rocket. 

 Early Winter Cress. 

 Thale Ci-ess. 

 Wild Turnip. 

 Procumbent 



Pearl wort. 

 Lesser St itch wort. 

 Mouse -ear 



Cliickweed. 



Dove's-foot Crane's- 

 bill. 

 Jagged-leaved 



Crane's-bill. 

 Herb Robert. 

 Black Medick. 

 Bird's-foot. 

 Bush Vetch. 

 Chervil. 



Mouse-ear Hawkweed. 

 Groundsel. 



Common Speedwell. 

 Wall Speedwell. 

 Field Speedwell. 

 Gray Field Speedwell. 

 White Dead Nettle. 

 Red Dead Nettle. 

 Cut-leaved Dead 



Nettle. 

 Yellow Pimpernel. 

 Annual Meadow 



Grass. 



The flowers desci'ibed in the j^resent chapiter are those which do 

 not, as a rule, bloom before the month of June. 



Our first example is the Wild Clematis, Traveller's Joy, or 

 Old Man's Beard [Clematis Vitalha), of the order Sannncnlacece-^a 

 climbing shrub, very common in the hedgerows of the south and 

 centre of England, producing a profusion of white, scented flowers 

 during July and August, and rendered even more conspicuous in 

 the autumn and ^^'inter by the dense clusters of feathered fruits. 

 Its stem is woody and often very thick at the base ; and the annual 

 branches climb over the neighbouring plants, clinging by means 



