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XIV. 



JUNE 20th. 



Purple-banded Wakerobin. Buttercup. Red Clover. Cedar Bird. 

 Singing Birds. Night Hawk its singular manners. Appearance 

 of Forest. Straightness and Nakedness of Forest Trees. Process of 

 clearing Land. Ornamental Trees. Gloom of Forest. Age of 

 Trees. Tenacity of Life. Pearl-crescent Fritillary. Chequered 

 Skipper. Small Copper. Banded Purple its Caterpillar and Chry- 

 salis. Caterpillar of Forked of Orange Comma. Moths. Twin- 

 eyed Hawkmoth. Depredations of Mice. Congregations of But- 

 terflies. Voracity of a Bug. Other Insects. Decay of Trees, &c. 



FATHER. Will you roam with me through the woods 

 for an hour or two, that we may see if nature has any no- 

 velties to offer us ? 



CHARLES. Very willingly: but it appears to be rather 

 a dull time in every department except entomology : insects 

 are numerous enough ; but the birds seem to have all de- 

 serted us, and the trees manifest no change, except a greater 

 depth and density of foliage. 



F. Here is a striking plant, the Purple-banded Wake- 

 robin (Arum Atropurpureum} ; the leaves and spathe are 

 handsomely striped with longitudinal bands of deep purple. 

 You have probably been familiar with the Spotted- Wake- 

 robin (Arum Maculatum), which grows in some parts of 

 England. 



C. Oh, yes ! it is abundant in some of the lanes near 

 Wimborne and Blandford ; at school, we used to gather them 

 for the beautiful, crimson, pillar-like spike of flowers, sitting 

 in state beneath its canopy ; for which reason, probably, they 



