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17th. Riding between East Grinstead and Ryegate I saw 

 large specimens of Agaricus muscarius growing by the road 

 side, whose pilei measured above ten inches in diameter. The 

 Campanula rotundifolia was still flowering in the fields. 



20th. Senecio squalidus (from a young seedling) in flower 

 in the garden. Tagetes patula still in the cottage gardens. 



21st. Agaricus floccosus is springing up under an Apple 

 tree, near the root. It came in the same spot about a week 

 earlier last year. Several varieties of A. integer and Boletus 

 bovinus are still common. Some flowers remain on the 

 Canterbury Bells, which is very late in the season. 



22d. The fruit of the large Pumpkin Gourd Cucurbita 

 Pepo gathered to-day. Some of them grew this year to an 

 enormous size and weight. Weather changeable ; clear Sky, 

 Snow, and Rain, in the course of twenty-four hours. 



26th. Rapid transitions of cold and wet, with warmth. 

 The nights become very cold and frosty, which has destroyed 

 a great part of the Fungi. Some specimens of Agaricus 

 fascicularis, A. integer, Boletus bovinus, and several Helvellae 

 and Hypoxyla still spring up. 



NOV. 2d. The Fieldfares Turdi Pilares begin to be seen 

 in small flocks. A few flowers are yet seen here and there 

 of the Periwinkle, the Dandelion, and the Autumnal Apargia. 

 The Rains have again caused the Bundle Fungus Agaricus 

 fascicularis to spring up abundantly. The Flock Fungus A. 

 foccosus likewise remains in perfection at the stumps of trees, 

 while in the meadows A. glutinosus abounds.* 



3d. Adonis autumnalis the Pheasant's Eye still flowers. 



* The Fungi in general have been considerably less numerous this 

 autumn than they were last. They were particularly numerous and of 

 prodigious growth last year. The temperature, since the beginning of 

 October, has been much lower than during the same period last year. 



