JULY. 189 



Bird's Foot Trefoil, Cow Parsnip, Hawksbeard, Sow Thistle, Yarrow 

 (in its prime now; some flower heads are snow white, others quite 

 pinkish in colour), Scarlet Poppy, Charlock, Nipplewort, Field Thistle, 

 Fumitory, Scentless Mayweed, Shepherd's Purse (keeps lingering 

 along in flower, and we cannot very well leave it out of our list), 

 Groundsel (seems to be coming on again for the second time), 

 Dandelion. Broad-leaved Plantain, Germander Speedwell, Long- 

 rooted Cat's Ear, White Campion, Cinquefoil, Common Mallow, 

 Field Convolvulus (like so many pink and white stars as seen on the 

 brown ground), Yellow Bedstraw, Perforated St. John's Wort, Small 

 Knapweed (one mass of bloom now), Milkwort, Agrimony, Hedge 

 Bedstraw, Chickweed, Bulbous and Upright Meadow Crowfoots, Daisy, 

 Creeping Thistle, Bramble, Enchanter's Nightshade, Wood Loose- 

 strife (what a delicate golden flower this is), Pink Campion, Forget- 

 me-not, Small Willow Herb, Scarlet Pimpernel, Prickly-headed Poppy, 

 Self Heal, Centaury (found a great quantity of this very pretty wild 

 flower growing on some waste ground), Avens, Privet, Honeysuckle, 

 Dove's-foot Crane's Bill, Hedge Calamint, Hedge Mustard, Lamb's 

 (Tongue, Great Mullein, White Bryony, Woody Nightshade, Harebell 

 the first I have seen in flower this year), Hairy St. John's Wort, 

 Viper's Bugloss (blue flowers are by no means common in our flora, 

 therefore this one is very welcome), Wood Sage, Ragwort (found 

 two waste fields one mass of golden from this flower. The fields in 

 question are not cultivated, and this flower has now got quite a hold; 

 but the sight was worth seeing because of its gorgeousness and 

 its extent). After all, I think this a fairly good list, but although 

 we went through woods and by hedgerows, we did not see a single 

 Wild Rose in flower. I can hardly think they have finished blooming 

 so quickly! 



Birds singing: The Skylark was the sole chorister in Nature's 

 choir to-day, if we except a solitary Sedge Warbler, singing slightly 

 in the reeds by the canal towards evening, and a Song Thrush at the 

 same hour. Cold and heat do not affect this blithe bird, and that is 

 why he is such a favourite of mine. There, in the broiling sun. the 

 bird could be seen towering up towards the cloudless sky, singing 

 sweet and delicious strains. It is the quietest day I have spent in 

 bird-land since early Spring. 



Birds seen or heard: House Sparrow (still busy nesting), Robin 

 (uttering its winch-like note), Swift, House Martin, Blackbird, Rook 

 (a very large flock seen on the ploughed lands), Swallow, Ring Dove, 

 Pied Wagtail, Spotted Flycatcher, Great Titmouse (busy uttering all 



