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NATURALIST S CALENDAR. 



Wild clover (trifolium pratense) fl. 



Buckwheat (polygonum fagopyrum) fl. 



Wheat harvest begins 



Great bur-reed (spargam'um erectum) fl. 



Marsh St John's-wort (hypericum elodes) fl. 



Sun-dew (drosera rotundifolia) fl. 



Marsh cinquefoil (comarum palustre) fl. 



Wild cherries ripe 



Lancashire asphodel (anthericum ossi- 

 fragum) fl. 



Hooded willow-herb (scutellaria galeri- 

 culata) fl. 



Water dropwort (ceiianthe fistulosa) fl, 



Horehound (marrubium vulgare) fl. 



Seseli carnifolia, fl 



Water plantain (alisma plantago) fl. 



Alopecurus myosuroides, fl. 



Virgin's bower (clematis vitalba) fl. 



Bees kill the drones 



Teasel (dipsacus sylvestris) fl. 



Wild marjoram (origanum vulgare) fl. 



Swifts (hirundo apus) begin to depart 



Small wild teasel (dipsacus pilosus) fl. 



Wood sage (teucrium scorodonia) fl. 



Everlasting pea (lathyrus latifolius) fl. 



Trailing St John's-wort (hypericum humi- 

 fusum) fl. 



White hellebore (veratrurn album) fl. 



Camomile (anthemis nobilis) fl. 



Lesser field scabious (scabiosa colum- 

 baria) fl. 



Sun-flower (helianthus multiflorus) fl. 



Yellow loosestrife (lysimachia vulgaris) fl. 



Swift (hirundo apus) last seen 



Oats (avena sativa) cut 



Barley (hordeum sativum) cut 



Lesser hooded willow-herb (scutellaria 

 minor) fl. 



Middle fleabane (inula dysenterica) fl. 



Apis manicata ap. 



Swallow-tailed butterfly (papilio ma- 

 chaon) ap. 



Whame or burrel-fly (oestrus bovis) lays 



eggs on horses 



Sow thistle (sonchus arvensis) fl. 

 Plantain fritillary (papilio cinxia) ap. 

 Yellow succory (picris hieracioides) fl. 

 Musca mystacea, ap. 



Canterbury bells (campanula medium) fl. 

 Mentha longifolia, fl. 

 Carline thistle (carlina vulgaris) fl. 

 Venetian sumach (rhus cotinus) fl. 

 Ptinus pectinicornis, ap. 

 Burdock (arctium lappa) fl. 

 Fell-wort (gentiana amarella) fl. 

 Wormwood (artemisia absinthium) fl. 

 Mugwort (artemisia vulgaris) fl. 

 St Barnaby 's thistle (centaurea solstitialis)fl. 

 Meadow saftron (colchicum autumnale) fl. 

 Michaelmas daisy (aster tradescanti) fl. 

 Meadow rue (thalictrum flavum) fl. 

 Sea holly (eryngium maritimum) fl. 

 China aster (aster chinensis) fl. 

 Boletus albus, ap. 



WHITE. 



July 21 



July 21 



July 21, Aug. 23 



July 22 



July 22- 



July 22 



July 22 



July 22 



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MARKWICJC. 

 May 2, June 7 

 June 27, July 10 

 July 11, Aug. 26 

 June 10, July 23 

 June 16, Aug- 10 

 Aug. 1 

 May 27, July 12 



Aug. 2 



April 20, June 7, 

 last seen Aug. 26 



Aug. 319 

 Aug. 3 

 Aug. 3 

 Aug. 4 



Aug. 5 



Aug. 5 



Aug. 7 



Aug. 7 



Aug. 7 



Aug. 8 



Aug. 8, Sept. 3 



Aug. 8 



Aug. 8 



Aug. 10 



Aug. 10, Sept. 13 



Aug. 12, Sept 27 



Aug. 14 



Aug. 14 



Aug. 14, Sept 28 



Aug. 14 



June 17, July 21 

 June 6 25 

 June 5, Aug. 11 



July 21, Aug. 18 

 June 5, July 20 



June 17, Aug. 4 



July 22, Aug. 21 

 July 9, Aug. 10 



Aug. 15, Sept 29 

 Aug. 11, Oct. 8 



Aug. 6. Oct. 2 

 May 10 



