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(c) Other observations of value in weather study, e.g. 



First flowering of horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum). 



,, ,, hawthorn (Crataegus oxyacantha). 



,, ,, white ox-eye (Chrysanthemum leucanthe- 



mum). 



,, ,, dog rose (Rosa canina}. 



,, ,, black knapweed (Centaurea nigra). 



,, ,, hare -bell (Campanula rotundifolia). 



,, ,, greater bindweed (Convolvulus sepium). 



Swallow (Hirundo rustica), first seen. 

 Nightingale (Daulias luscinia), first heard. 

 Flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola), first seen. 

 Orange tip butterfly (Anthocaris cardamines), first seen. 

 Meadow-brown butterfly (Epinephile janira), first seen. 



(d) List of flowering plants in the neighbourhood (see note under 



spring list). 



(e) List of ferns and mosses. 

 (/) List of weeds of the garden. 



(g) List of weeds of cultivated fields. 

 (h) List of mammals, birds, insects, etc. 



(i) List of animals of garden, classified as beneficial, indifferent, 

 harmful. 



(j) List of wild animal visitors to cultivated fields beneficial and 

 harmful. 



(k) General nature notes of particular interest. 



INDOOR STUDIES: 



Weather. The daily observations upon the weather will 

 in the first instance be recorded in tabular form (see table, 

 p. 319) ; from these records a chart in graphic form should 

 be prepared to show daily temperatures, maximum and mini- 

 mum, and weekly averages. Monthly diagrams of the wind 

 direction should be made, and from these in course of time 

 the direction of the prevailing winds for the district should 

 be made out. Directions for this work are given in the 

 chapter on Weather Observations. See also p. 33. 



