392 CALENDAR, 18H). 



either slated or thatched, very old, and often with zigzag 

 gable ends towards the street; but, owing probably to the 

 greater dryness of the air, they do not so readily become 

 covered with Moss. It is only here and there that one sees 

 the tiled roof so richly yellow with Lichen and Moss as is 

 very common in England. The Martins were still numerous. 

 The weather rainy and warm. 



4th. Passing onward to Tournay, Ath, and Enghien, I 

 observed very few things remaining in flower, except the 

 Apargia autumnalis and a few Dandelions L. taraxicurn. 

 The country was more open and less planted hereabouts. 

 We slept at Enghien ; and in walking in the park and garden 

 the next morning, I saw nothing in blow but a few Roses 

 and Marigolds. The leaves were turned yellow and falling, 

 and in a much more autumnal state than in France and 

 England. 



5th. Gentle showers, with fair intervals. The country 

 became more wooded again with Ashes and Beeches in rows 

 as we passed through Halle to Bruxelles. The atmosphere 

 is certainly more transparent than in the Eastern part of 

 England ; we saw the lofty spires of the Hotel de Ville of 

 Bruxelles, and other high buildings, at a distance. 



The Aster Chinensis, A. Tradescanti, and Marigolds, are 

 most cultivated, and are now in blow in Belgium. The 

 Aspen trees arid Poplars are less common here than in 

 French Flanders. The rows are seldom composed for long 

 together of Lombardy Poplars, though I saw some of pro- 

 digious growth, considering they were first introduced on this 

 side the Alps only about sixty years ago. The Limes are not 

 so fine as in Kent, Sussex, and Surrey. 



6th. The road to Mechlin is uninteresting in a botanical 

 point of view, being by the side of a canal made for the 



