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13th. Fair, but clouded and warm. The Chub Cyprinus 

 Jeses, the Roach C. rutilus, the Bleak C. alburnus, and the 

 Pearch Perca fluviatilis, caught in the stream between Hart- 

 field and Summer Ford. 



14th. Fair and bright day. Antirrhenum Linaria in 

 flower. The Gudgeon Cyprinus gobio caught in the stream. 

 Malva moschata out. 



15th. St. Swithin's Day produced only a few drops of 

 Rain. Lythrum salicaria abundantly in flower along the 

 banks of the rivers. 



16th. The POMONA is rather backward. Red, White, 

 and Black Currants just ripe. The Scarlet Strawberry still 

 abundant in shady places, though the Chili, the Alpine, and 

 the Hautboy, which came in later, are already going out. 

 The Wood Strawberry still flourishes. Abundance of Min- 

 nows caught in the streams. The yellow Hawkseye Crepis 

 barbata flowering on a bed of dung, though only sown in the 

 middle of May. Also Lavatera trimestris. 



17th Anthemis inodorus, A. arvensis, A. cotula, Matricaria 

 chamoimlla, Pyrethrum parthcnium, and Gentiana cenlaurea 

 now common. 



18th. Hollyhocks, both white and red varieties, in flower 

 in many gardens hereabouts. 



22d. A white variety of Digitalis purpurea in flower at 

 Walthamstow. Sun Flowers in bloom. A variety of Carduus 

 Marianus without the milk in seed at Clapton. In the 

 garden of M. Loddidges, at Hackney, I noticed a vast display 

 of Dalias Dahlia superflua in full flower, and all of different 

 hues. 



27th. Fair warm weather. The Hollyhocks Althaea 

 roxea in great profusion now adorn the gardens all the way 

 through Surrey and Kent, from London to Hartfield. In the 



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