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12th. Very dull; threatened rain all day. Cuckoo and Hedge 

 Sparrow heard. Rose buds showing nicely now; Pinks almost bursting. 

 The following Butterflies may be looked for during May : Swallow- 

 tail, Large Garden White, Small Garden White, Green veined White, 

 Bath White, Orange-tip, Wood White, 

 Pale Clouded Yellow, Clouded Yellow, 

 Brimstone, Small Pearl - bordered 

 Fritillary, Pearl - bordered Fritillary, 

 Marsh Fritillary, Glanville Fritillary, 

 Heath Fritillary, Comma, Large 

 Tortoiseshell, Small Tortoiseshell, 

 Peacock, Camberwell Beauty, Red 



Admiral, Painted Lady, Speckled PEA COCK BUTTERFLY 



Wood, Speckled Wall, Marsh Ringlet, 

 Small Heath, Green Hairstreak, 



Common Copper, Short-tailed Blue, Brown Argus, Common Blue, 

 Adonis Blue, Holly Blue, Mazarine Blue, Grizzled Skipper, Dingy 

 Skipper, and Chequered Skipper. 



13th. Still very cold N.E. wind. Fitful gleams of sunshine. 

 One or two new wild flowers found in bloom to-day. The 

 following is a complete list of all those which came under my 

 observation : Garlic Mustard, Red, White, and Yellow Dead Nettles, 

 Dandelion, Shepherd's Purse, Groundsel, Heartsease, Common Chick- 

 weed, Charlock, Upright Meadow Crowfoot, Daisy, Common Veronica ; 

 Cherry, Greater Stitchwort, Dog Violet, Ground Ivy, Hedge Parsley, 

 Wild Hyacinth, Cowslip, Wild Strawberry, Bugle Flower, Crab very 

 sweet-smelling, this latter Dog's Mercury (flower rapidly giving way 

 to seed-pods) Primrose, Strawberry-leaved Potentil, Lesser Celandine, 

 Wild Flowering Currant, Cuckoo Flower, Woodruff, Common Orchis- 

 interesting to note that some specimens of this flower smell and some 

 do not; and how beautiful the purple looks against the fresh green 

 grass and the golden Crowfoot Lamb's Tongue, Furze, Hop Trefoil, 

 Shepherd's Needle delicate white flower, with needle-like seed vessels 

 when the flower petals are shed Yellow Rocket, Bird Cherry very 

 beautiful flower this latter Scentless Mayweed, Thyme leaved Speed- 

 well, and Common Fumitory. 



A very pretty little Rush is in flower now. The Scientific name 

 is Luzula campestris. It is found growing freely in meadow land, 

 parks, and the like. 



To-day in the woods I noticed how beautiful was the grey bark 

 of the Oak, the dark green foliage of the plentiful Dog's Mercury, the 



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