382 CALENDAR, 1819. 



Pimpernel Anagallls arvensis, the several specimens of the 

 permanent white variety. The blue variety is not frequent 

 here. 



About half past eleven to-day there fell a violent shower 

 of Hail, with Thunder and Lightning. The Hailstones were 

 the largest I ever saw : some I measured exceeded half an 

 inch in diameter. 



Hieracium murorum and the Cn'icns pratcnsis in flower in 

 the hollow field, and Myosotis palustris by the side of the 

 rivulets. 



29th. Cenlaurea nigra Knapweed in flower; also Cen- 

 laurea cyanus Cornflower. 



JULY 1st. Agrimonia Eupatoria in flower on a bank 

 l>etween Groombridge and Withyham. The grass in this 

 neighbourhood is for the most part standing yet. That which 

 is already cut is somewhat damaged by the wet. 



2d. Hypericum perforatum St. John's Wort in flower on 

 a bank between Hartfield and Withyham. Lapsana com- 

 munis abundantly in blow. 



3d. Warm cloudy day, ushered in by misty Rain. Ther- 

 mometer at maximum 70, Barometer 29 82', Wind S. W. 

 The evening became very warm and fair. Cyprinus rittlltia 

 Roach taken in the river. 



About eleven P. M. I accidentally discovered a brilliant 

 COMET in the North. The nucleus of it seemed brighter and 

 the tail longer than that of the Comet which appeared in 1811. 



4th. Hot morning. Thermometer 80, Barometer fell, 

 and it thundered p. M. The Copper Day Lily Htmerocallh 

 fulva in full blow. 



5th. Papaver somntferum flowered in the Poppy field, 

 sown in March. The Scarlet Lychnis makes a splendid 

 figure in the gardens at present. 



