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NATURALIST'S CALENDAR. 



Canterbury bells (Campanula traclie- 

 lium) fl. 



Mcntha longifolia fl. 



Carline thistle (Carlina vulgaris) fl. 



Venetian sumach (Rhus cotinus) fl. 



Ptinus pectinicornis ap. 



Burdock (Arctium lappa) fl. 



Fell-wort (Gentiana amarelld) fl. 



Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) 

 fl. 



Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) fl. 



St. Barnaby's thistle (Centaurea 

 solstitialis) fl. 



Meadow saffron (Colchicum antum- 

 nale) fl. 



Michaelmas daisy (Aster trades- 

 canti) fl. 



Meadow rue ( Thalictrum flavum) fl. 



Sea holly (Eryngium maritimum) fl. 



China aster (Aster chinensis) fl. 



Boletus albus ap. 



Lesser Venus' looking -glass( Campa- 

 nula hybridd) fl. 



Carthamus tinctorius fl. 



Goldfinch (Fringilla carduelis) young 

 broods ap. 



Lapwings (Vanellus cristatus) con- 

 gregate 



Black-eyed marble butterfly (Papilio 

 semele) ap. 



Birds re-assume their spring notes 



Devil's bit (Scabiosa succisd) fl. 



Thistledown floats 



Ploughman's spikenard (Conyza 

 squarrosa) fl. 



Autumnal dandelion (Leontodon au- 

 tumnale) fl. 



Flies abound in windows 



Linnets (Fringilla linota) congre- 

 gate 



Bulls make their shrill autumnal 

 noise 



Aster amellus fl. 



Balsam (Impatiens balsamind) fl. 



Milk thistle (Carduus marianus) fl. 



Hop -picking begins. 



Beeches (Fagus sylvatica) begin to 

 be tinged with yellow 



