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10. Discovered the small creeping tormentil (tormen- 

 tilla) the gromwel (lithospermum) & the small Centaury 

 (centaurium minus). 



The wren sings. Martins are plenty flying about under 

 the shelter of the Hanger. 



8. A great light seen, & a vast explosion from y e S. 

 about a quarter past nine in the evening : the Cause 

 unknown. It shook peoples houses very much. It seems 

 to be meteorous. 



10. Discovered common fumitory. Ray classes it 

 under his anomalous plants. 



ii. Discovered the Common-figwort (scrophularia) in 

 bloom, & in pod ; & the Common dog's mercury (cyno- 

 crambe). 



12. Discovered in M rs - Etty's garden the silvery Alpine 

 Crane's-bill (Geranium argenteum Alpinum), & the red 

 Valerian (Valeriana floribus rubris caudatis). Snakes are 

 still abroad, & wood ants creeping about. 



A great rain again last night. 



Octob r - 12. The black Hellebores are budded for bloom 

 on the Hill. The small creeping tormentil pretty frequent 

 on Selborne-common. 



15. Set out for Oxon. Saw y e first field-fare, martins 

 still flying about. Saw none of the swallow-kind after- 

 wards. 



Farmer Knight sowed Baker's hill with wheat. 



1 6. Discovered on the banks of the Thames as I 

 walked from Streatly to Wallingford 



The water hoar- hound (marrubium aquaticum) the 

 yellow willow-herb, or loose-strife (lysimachia) the purple 

 spiked D- (lysimachia purpurea) & the Comfrey (symphy- 

 tum magum) in bloom, being one of the Herbae asperifoliae : 

 water figwort (scrop : aquat :). 



I also saw in Oxford dry specimens of the less stitch- 

 wort (Caryophyllus holosteus arvensis glaber flore minore) 

 & the Cross wort (cruciata). 



I saw at the Physic garden Madder (rubia tinctorum) 

 the Cymbalaria (tinaria) hederaceo folio glabro : the stink- 



