122 NATURAL PERIODIC PHENOMENA. 



July 7. Barley harvest begun. 



11. Common Fleabane (Inula dysenterica), fl. 



13. Hemp Agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum), fl. 



20. Wheat harvest hegim. 

 August 3. Mushroom (Agaricus campestris), seen. 



11. Mountain Ash (Sorhus aucuparia), ripens fruit. 



12. Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus), ripens fruit. 



14. Honeysuchle (Lonicera Peridymenum), ripens fruit. 

 16. Common House Fly appears in swarms. 

 20. Elder (Sambucus nigra), ripens fruit. 

 27. Scabiosa arvensis, fl. 

 September 10. Ivy (Hedera helix), fl. 



12. Swallows (Hirundo rustica), congregate. 



— Chaffinches (Fringilla ccelebs), congregate. 



14. Dog Violet (Viola canina), begins autumnal 

 flowering. 

 1st week. Ash (Fraxinus excelsior), defol. 



Sycamore (Acer pseudo-platanus), defol. 

 3rd week. Elder (Sambucus nigra), defol. 

 October, 2nd week. Lime Tree (Tilia Europcea), defol. 

 8. Swallow (Hirundo rustica), last seen. 

 16. Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola), arrives. 



— Starling (Stnrnus vulgaris), arrives. (A few settlers 



have within the last few years settled and bred 

 in the neighbourhood, but the numbers sud- 

 denly visiting us show that they are the 

 winter migrants). 

 18. Fieldfare (Tiirdus pilaris), arrives. 



— Magpies (Pica caudata), congregate. 



November, 1st week. Narrow-leaved Elm (Ulmus campestris), defol. 



16. Goldfinches (Carduelis elegans), congregate. 

 December 17. White Deadnettle (Lcmiium album), observed in floiver. 



27. Honeysuckle (Lonicera Peridymenum), fol. 



— Snoivdrop (Galanthus nivalis), fl: 



