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6th. Lilllum cnndidum the White Lily, and the Orange 

 Lily Lillium bulbiferum in blow. Also the large Day Lily. 



7th. Campanula hederacea, C. Trachelium, and C. g/o- 

 merata, in blow. Also Convolvulus arvensis, and C. septum. 



8th. Cnicus acaulis in flower near Limpsfield on a chalk 

 hill. 



10th. Hieracium sylvaticum, H. murorum, H. prenan- 

 thoides, H. sabandum, and H. umbellatum, in flower at Hale 

 End. Likewise Verbascum Thapsus, Carduis marianus, and 

 C. acanthoides. 



Returning from town to-day, I again noticed the Red 

 Poppy to be common all the way as far as Limpsfield, in 

 Surrey, where they were last seen. The Sonchus arvensis 

 was flowering near Cowden; and the Feverfew Pyretrum 

 Parthenium by Eden Bridge. 



llth. A field of White Poppies Papaver somniferum, 

 sown in March, is now in full bloom. Campanula Medium is 

 in flower, apparently wild, near Hartfield; though perhaps 

 its seeds had escaped from some garden. 



12th. Agapanthus umbellatus in blow in T. P. Forster's 

 garden. Fair, warm, still clouded weather. Oenothera biennis 

 or Evening Primrose in full flower. A field of White Poppies 

 Papaver somniferum in bloom.* The following plants still 



* Since I wrote the last note on the varieties of the Poppy, a curious 

 circumstance has occurred I sowed some seeds of Papaver svmniferum in 

 a field of ordinary soil : they came up and bloomed with the plain white 

 flower, and single petals. Some of the same seed, scattered in the rich soil 

 of a garden, came up, and bore variegated flowers, some of which were 

 double, some single, some red or purple, and a few white. The seed of all 

 was from the same capsules, and was the white variety. From this (though 

 there be contradictory evidence on the other side,) I should certainly infer, 

 not only that the Garden Poppy was a mere variety, but that difference of 

 soil has the power very rapidly of producing it. 



