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Mr. S. Creed (CHEDDINGTON) sends the following list of wild 

 plants observed by him in flower between Christmas and New 

 Year's Day : 



"Gorse in abundance, Primrose, Blue Violets, Thistle, Charlock, 

 Forget-me-not, Herb Robert, White and Red Archangel, Chick- 

 weed, Groundsel, Daisy, Dandelion, Robinhood, Crowfoot, Straw- 

 berry, Periwinkle, Heartsease, Yarrow, Corn Feverfew, and Lesser 

 Hawkweed." Compare "Purbeck Wild Flowers in December, 

 1888," Proc., Vol. XL, p. 82. 



I append the following tables, to which I have added for 

 convenient reference a column of the earliest recorded appearances, 

 &c., in the whole of Dorset : 



