JULY. 



" ' Tis the glorious Summer-time, 

 When the woods are in their prime; 

 Nature in her bridal dress 

 Walks the earth to glad and bless ; 

 Fields are verdant, flowers are gay, 

 Earth around keeps holiday." 



1st. Warm, but breezy. Flowers found in bloom to-day: 

 Hawksbeard, Garlic Mustard, Herb Robert, Long-rooted Cat's Ear, 

 Bulbous, Upright Meadow, and Wood Crowfoots, Bird's Foot Trefoil, 

 Common Mallow (this is one mass of pink blossom now), Dove's 

 Foot Crane's Bill, Scarlet Poppy (these will never look finer than 

 they do now), Oxeye Daisy (what a time these flowers last when 

 placed in water, and what an ornament for the table), Daisy, Ger- 

 mander Speedwell (what a lengthened flowering period this Speedwell 

 has, to be sure), Privet, Charlock, Red and White Clovers, Scentless 

 Mayweed (coming along very fast now), Heartsease, Hop Trefoil 

 (still in its beauty), Nipplewort, Shepherd's Purse (nearly finished 

 flowering), Dandelion, Whito Campion, Lamb's Tongue, Bladder 

 Campion (going off a good deal), Cinquefoil (this must not be 

 confounded with the Tormentil), Forget-me-not, Cow Parsnip (at its 

 height now), Red Dead Nettle, Goosegrass, Hedge Stachys (lends a 

 nice red colour to the hedgerows now), Avens, Dog Rose, Field 

 Rose (I never remember such a prolific Wild Rose season; it is 

 indeed a grand privilege now to wander down the country lanes, 

 inhaling the sweet aroma, and enjoying the pleasant sights and 

 sounds) Hedge Parsley (mostly gone to seed), Small Willow Herb, 

 Woody Nightshade, Bramble (does not seem to be coming along 

 very fast), Lesser Stitchwort (one mass of delicate white now), 

 Chickweed (seems to have re-started flowering again), Honeysuckle, 

 Field Thistle (found one white bloom to-day), White Bryony, Dog- 

 wood, Black Bryony, Yarrow, Meadow Vetchling (still one mass of 

 golden), Wood Loosestrife, Wild Strawberry, Bee Orchis (found quite 



