212 COUNTRY RAMBLES. 



10th Still very showery, bright between. It is surely getting 

 very serious for the harvest operations, this continuous rain! Roses 

 budding up again for the second blooming. 



A list of Butterflies which may be looked for during August is as 

 follows: Swallow-tail, Large Garden White, Small Garden White, 

 Green-veined White, Bath White, Wood White, Brimstone, Dark 

 Green Fritillary, High Brown Fritillary, Silver- washed Fritillary, 

 Comma, Large Tortoiseshell, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock, Red 

 Admiral, Painted Lady, White Admiral, Purple Emperor, Marbled 

 White, Mountain Ringlet, Northern Brown, Speckled Wood Butterfly, 

 Wall Butterfly, Grayling, Meadow Brown, Large Heath, Wood Ring- 

 let, Marsh, Ringlet, Small Heath, Brown Hairstreak, White-letter 

 Hairstreak, Purple Hairstreak, Small Copper, Silver-studded Blue, 

 Brown Argus, Common Blue, Adonis Blue, Chalk-hill Blue, Azure 

 Blue, Dingy Skipper, New Small Skipper, Lulworth Skipper, Large 

 Skipper, and Silver-spotted Skipper. A few of the species included 

 in this list are quite rare, but are enumerated for what it may be worth. 



The phenomenon of certain species of flowers opening and clos- 

 ing at particular hours has been utilised by an Ohio landscape gardener 

 to add a unique decoration to the grounds of John D. Rockefeller's 

 country seat at Tarrytown. It consists of a flowerbed which can be 

 used as a clock. The bed is circular and divided in twelve parts. 

 Each part contains a figure composed of a flower which opens or 

 closes at the corresponding hour. Thus the two space is occupied by 

 a II., made of Hawkweed, which closes at 2 p.m. precisely. The 

 hands are stationary, of course, and are composed of the common 

 yellow Dandelion, which opens at 5.30 a.m., and closes at 8.30 p.m., 

 and points to arrangements of flowers representing these figures. 

 Among the flowers used are the Snow Thistle, which opens at 5 a.m., 

 and begins to close at 11, but does not fully close until noon; the 

 Yellow Goat's-beard, which opens at 4 a.m , and closes at 4 p.m. ; the 

 Blue Chicory, which opens at 4 a.m , and closes at noon ; the Morning 

 Glory, Poppy, Water Lily, Pimpernel and Marigold, opening at 5, 

 7, 8, and 9 a.m. respectively; the Star of Bethlehem, which closes at 

 11 ; the Passion Flower, which opens at noon ; the Beauty of Night, 

 which opens at 5 p.m.; White Lichnis opening at 6, and the Blue 

 Convolvulus at 2 a.m. 



llth. Morning opened beautifully bright, and much warmer. 

 About 95 degrees in the sun. It has kept fine all day. Hedge 

 Sparrow singing. 



