CALENDAR, !(!. 355 



29th. I noticed Starlings at Hampton Court. 



JUNE 3d. The Iris Germanica in flower at Walthamstow. 

 The Sparrow has young ones again in her nest above my 

 window. 



7th. The Monkey Poppy Papaver oric/itale in blow 

 at Clapton, but not yet at Walthamstow. 



10th. Scilla Peruviana, Safracenia purpurea, and the 

 Purple Goats Beard, Tragopogon porrifolius, in flower. 



llth. Iris lurida in flower. 



20th. The Monkey Poppy in flower in M. Forster's 

 garden at Walthamstow. The Red Poppies P. R/iaeas and 

 P. Dubinin ; and also garden varieties of P. somniferum in 

 full blow. 



23d. The Scilla Peruviana gone out of floAver and bearing 

 seed. Lucanus cervus frequently caught flying this year at 

 Clapton, though not in general common like Scarobaeus 

 Jimetarius. 



24th. Sonchus coeruleus flowering in the garden. 



JULY 14th. The weather for several days has been very 

 hot ; to-day the thermometer stood at 96 of Farenheit's scale, 

 at Ryegate. 



23d. Sonchus coeruleus in seed. 



27th. Sparrows begin to congregate in flocks. 



28th. The Sunflower Helianthus animus in blow. 



AUG. 7th. The Sparrow Fringilla domestica has a second 

 brood in her nest over the window. 



llth. Martins congregate: Swifts departing fly high in 

 the air in circles. 



24th. Although there be many Sunflowers in the garden, 

 I could never observe their alledged property of turning 

 round with the Sun. 



25th The Goldcrest Molacilla regains seen at Clapton. 



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