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1. Maum. 



Field of potatoes, not yet dug (October). Among the more confirmed weeds, 

 such as duckweed, Groundsel, and knot-weeds, were 



Achillea Millefolium. Lythrum Salicaria. 



Angelica sylvestris, Potentilla Tormentilla. 



Centaurea nigra. Pteris Aquilina. 



Digitalis purpurea. Eumex Acetosa. 



Heracleum Sphondylium. Senecio aquaticus. 



Hydrocotyle vulgaris. Viola Eiviniana. 

 Leontodon autumnalis. 



2. Between the Harbour and the Chapel. 

 Field sloping south, 100 feet elevation. Thin, poor, loamy soil, c; 

 bearing a crop only about once in ten years, when well manured. Old 

 beds," second year out of cultivation. Vegetation almost closed. 



e of 



lazy 



Poa pratensis, v.c. 

 Ranunculus repens, c. 

 Potentilla Anserina, c. 

 Senecio Jacobaea, c. 

 S. aquaticus, c. 

 Prunella vulgaris, c. 

 Eumex Acetosella, c. 

 Holcus lanatus, c. 



Achillea Ptarmica. 

 Agrostis alba. 

 A. vulgaris. 

 Anagallis tenella. 

 Arrhenatherum avenaceum. 

 Cerastium triviale. 

 Cnicus lanceolatus. 

 Cynosurus cristatus. 

 Daucus Carota. 

 Epilobium obscurum. 

 Erythraea Centaurium. 

 Euphrasia officinalis. 

 Festuca rubra. 



Hypericum humifusum. 

 Juncus bufonius. 

 J. effusus. 

 J. supinus. 

 Lotus corniculatus. 

 Matricaria inodora. 

 Plantago lanceolata. 

 Polygonum aviculare. 

 P. Hydropiper. 

 Ehinanthus Crista-galli. 

 Eumex Acetosa. 

 E. crispus. 

 E. obtusifolius. 

 Sagina procumbens. 

 Scirpus setaceus. 

 Sonchus asper. 

 Spergula arvensis. 

 Stachys palustris. 

 Stellaria media. 

 Trifolium dubium. 

 T. pratense. 

 T. repens. 



Just above, a portion of the same field was a year or two longer out of 

 cultivation. Here was a closer sward, composed mainly of grasses {Cynosurus 

 cristatus, Holms lanatus, Poa pratensis chiefly), bright with the flowers of 

 Prunella vulgaris, Trifolium repens, Lotus corniculatus, Anagallis tenella. 



