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COUNTRY RAMBLES. 



Flowers in bloom : Dandelion, Knot Grass, Nipplewort, Scent- 

 less Mayweed (still going off flower very prominently), Hedge 

 Mustard, Autumnal Hawkbit, Red Clover, Field Thistle, Charlock 

 (one mass of yellow again), Shepherd's Purse, Groundsel, Sow 

 Thistle, White Dead Nettle, Harebell, Avens (never seems to be in 

 flower properly), Herb Robert (still as beautiful and welcome as ever), 

 Long-rooted Cat's Ear (this is really a very lovely wild flower; called 

 "that Dandelion thing" by unintelligent, and, indeed, by most 

 people), Dove's-foot Crane's Bill, White Campion, Field Convolvulus, 

 White Clover, Common Mallow (out again in a mass of delicate pink 

 bloom), Prickly-headed Poppy, Wild Carrot, Scarlet Poppy, Purple 

 Medick, Field Scabious, Lamb's Tongue, Yarrow, Cow Parsnip, 



THE LAST LOAD. 



Hedge Stachys (not to any extent), Hedge Parsley, Traveller's Joy 

 (going off flower rapidly), Small Knapweed, Hedge Bedstraw, Cinque- 

 foil, Upright Meadow Crowfoot, Lesser Stitchwort, Bramble, Spear- 

 plume Thistle, White Bryony, Honeysuckle, Bird's-foot Trefoil, Daisy 

 (only a very few in flower), Self Heal, Heartsease, Scarlet Pimpernel, 

 Meadow Vetchling. Bush Vetch (a single piece in flower), Agrimony, 

 Germander Speedwell, Hop Trefoil, Chickweed, Perforated St. John's 

 Wort, Black Horehound, and Fumitory. It will be noticed that our 



