388 CALENDAR, 1819. 



sparingly in flower, and what is curious, this has come out on 

 a recently transplanted specimen. 



The weather continues hot and dry, with an unusually 

 great quantity of cloudiness and mist in the morning. The 

 soil here is chiefly clay and marie, with some yellow sand. 

 The timber is principally Oak, chiefly the Querctu Rohm; 

 though we have some Q. Tcx.fi/ijiora. There iire some Ashes 

 Fraxinns clatior, Beech, and Hornbeam ; but scarcely an 

 Elm for many miles round. Our soil does not suit them. 

 The Spanish Chesnut grows here very luxuriantly. 



15th. The weather continues very hot and dry, but the 

 atmosphere is unusually hazy, and there is a greater proportion 

 of cloud than usually happens with hot weather in August. 

 The Thermometer averages as high as 75 at its maximum ; 

 to-day it is 78 in the shade ; the Barometer rising at 30-10. 

 Wind calm and Southerly. 



A few instances of Papaver Rhaeas occur now near Withy- 

 ham ; but this is a scarce plant here, and for many miles 

 round. P. somnifvrum continues to flower from seeds sown 

 late. 



16th. Amamnthits hypochondriacus the Prince's Feather 

 in blow. The weather continues hot, and the mornings 

 clouded, with misty horizon. Barometer rising. Solida^o 

 virgaurea now abundantly in blow. 



21st. Papaver hybridum in flower at East Bourne, where 

 I also observed the wild Cabbage. 



25th. Hirundo apus a Swift still seen, though it was 

 probably only a straggler, left behind after the annual emi- 

 gration, which took place, with the majority of these birds, 

 about ten days ago. 



27th. The weather is become more cloudy, and the 

 Barometer falls : but it is as yet very dry, and few Fungi 



