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have appeared. The POMONA bids very fair. Peaches 

 and Nectarines are in great abundance. Apricots are going 

 out. Pears are more abundant than last year, but Apples are 

 fewer. 



30th. Wind got to S. S. W., and falling Barometer, with 

 the rapid formation of the lighter sorts of cloud over the 

 cumuli. Rain is evidently approaching. 



The fields now begin to abound with Apargia autumnalis* 

 Apargia hispida, Trinchia hirta,^ Hypochaeris radicata, H. 

 glabra, and here and there Leontodon laraxicum, still flower. 

 Crepis barbata is still abundant in the gardens. Scabiosa 

 succisa now common. The Garden Artichoke Cynara 

 scolymus in full blow. 



31st. Barometer rising again, with cool Wind. The 

 night was very cold. 



SEP. 1st. A cold autumnal morning. Swallows begin to 

 increase in numbers, from the accession of the later broods of 

 young. These birds as well as Martins fly very low to-day, 

 skimming over the surface of the meadows and ponds in pursuit 

 of their prey. The Pied Wagtails are very numerous, and 

 begin to gather into small flocks. 



4th. Achillaea Ptarmica still in blow. Swallows fly low, 

 indicating Rain. 



5th. Rainy morning, and fine clear night afterwards. 

 The meadows are now yellow with Apargia aulumnalis, 



* The A. autumnalis most common here is the variety 3 of Withering's 

 Botany. The leaves are extremely wingcleft, and the stalk tall. 



f- This plant was called Leontodon by Linnaeus; it was afterwards 

 made a Hedypnois ; then Apargia ; and, lastly, in Hort. Kewensis, named 

 Trinchia, and thus distinguished, " Recept. plumosum, Pappus difformii 

 Mttrtfinalis membrana multifida, centralis stipitata plumosa, Cal. oclanyulus 

 ortophyllus" Second Edition, p. 447- 



