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White hellebore (Veratrum album) fl. 

 Camomile (Anthemis nobilis) fl. 

 Lesser field Scabious (Scabiosa colum- 

 baria) fl. 



Sunflower (Helianthut multiflorus) fl. 

 Yel. loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris) fl. 

 Swift (Hirundo apus) last seen 

 Oats (Avena sativa) cut 

 Barley (Hordturn sativum) cut 

 Lesser hooded willow-herb (Scutellaria 



minor) fl. 



Middle fleabane (Inula dysenterica) fl. 

 Apis manieata ap. 

 Swallow-tailed butterfly (Papalio ma- 



chaon) ap. 

 Whame or burrel fly ((Estrus bows) lays 



eggs on horses 



Sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis) fl. 

 Plantain fritillary (Papilio cinxia) ap. 

 Yellow succory (Picris hieracioides) fl. 

 Musca mystacea ap. 



Cant'bury bells (Campanula medium) fl. 

 Mentha longifol. fl. 

 Carline thistle (Carlina vulgaris) fl. 

 Venetian sumach (Rhus cotinus) fl. 

 Ptinus pectinicornus ap. 

 Burdock (Arctium lappa) fl. 

 Fell-wort (Gentiana amarella) fl. 

 Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) fl. 

 Mugwort (Artemisia vulqaris) fl. 

 S. Barn'by's thistle (Centaurea solstit.) fl. 

 Meadow saffron (Colchicurnautumnale)ft 

 Mich'lmas daisy (Aster Tradescanti) fl. 

 Meadow rue (Thalietrum flavum) fl. 

 Sea holly (Eryngium marit.) fl. 

 China aster (Aster chinensis) fl. 

 Boletus albus ap. 

 Less Venus looking-glass (Campanula 



hybrida) fl. 

 Carthamus tinctor. fl. 

 Goldfinch (Fringilla carduelis) young 



broods ap. 



Lapwings (Tringa vanellus) congregate 

 Black-eyed marble butterfly (Papilio 



semele) ap. 



Birds reassume their spring notes 

 Devil's bit (Scabiosa succisa) fl. 

 Thistle down floats 

 Ploughman's spikenard (Conyza squar- 



rosa)Q. 

 Autumnal dandelion (Leontodon autum- 



nale) fl. 



Flies abound in windows 

 Linnets (Fringilla linota) congregate 

 Bulls make their shrill autumnal noise 

 Aster amellus fl. 



Balsam (Jmpatiens balsamina) fl. 

 Milk thistle (Carduus marianus) fl. 

 Hop-picking begins 



