306 CALENDAR, 1819. 



4th. Boletus scaber, of Bulliard, B. cdulis, B. communis, 

 Agaricus ovatus, A. fascicularis, A. fioccosus, A. integer, A. 

 muscariiis, and A. lactiferus, still found at Hartfield, and in 

 Buckhurst Park ; but in general they are decaying. 



That curious little Agaric the A. racemosus was found in 

 my field.* 



5th. Goldfinches Fringillae cardiiclles resort to the gardens 

 in flocks, and feed on the seeds of the Oenothera biennis. 



8th. Peziza coccinea springing up near Buckhurst, in the 

 same spot as last year. 



16th. Rainy weather ; Agaricus irregularis, and several 

 others, still seen. The mosses are late in appearing this 



17th. Rain the whole of the Day. A few Fungi re- 

 appear. 



19th. The weather cold and raw. The last two or three 

 days have produced a sensible change in the appearance of the 

 country. The leaves are fallen, the temperature low, and the 

 waters in some places are out in the low meadows that border 

 the streams of the Medway. 



21st. Some of the summer flowers remain in solitary 

 specimens here and there. Fieldfares continue to arrive in 

 great abundance. The number of these birds are said to 

 correspond with the degree of severity of the winters in the 

 Northern regions. The circumstance of their great abundance, 



The more closely I examine the Fungi, the more convinced I become 

 of the confusion and imperfection of the present systems and nomenclature : 

 it is much to be wished that some person qualified would illustrate this 

 hitherto unexplored branch of botany, and supply the deficiency by adding 

 a correct account of cryptogamia to the Flora Britannica. I know of no 

 person so qualified as M. Benjamin M. Forster, of Waltliamstow , who 

 has been for many years making researches into Fungi. 



