BY THE REV. R. F. WHEELER, M.A. 471 



WILD PLANTS GROWING WITHIN THREE MILES OF TYNEMOUTH, 1869. 



Date of 

 Flowering 



Lamium album (white dead nettle) 



Tussilago farf ara (coltsfoot) 



Ranunculus ficaria (pilewort) , 



Lamium purpiireum (red dead nettle) , 



Veronica hederifolia (ivy-leaved speedwell) 



Primula vulgaris (primrose) 



Ribes grossularia (gooseberry) 



Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy) 



Taraxacum officinale (dandelion) 



Viola canina (dog violet) 



Prunus spinosus (blackthorn) 



Primula veris (cowslip) 



Veronica chamgediys (germander speedwell) 



Crataegus oxyacantha (hawthorn) 



Trif olium pratense (purple clover) 



Potentilla anserina (silver weed) 



Broom , 



Mountain ash 



Jan 1 



Jan. 23 



Jan. 23 



Jan. 28 



Feb. 9 



Mar. 3 



Mar. 18 



Mar. 27. 

 Jan. 17. 

 Mar. 22. 

 Mar. 30. 

 April 11. 

 April 23. 

 April 29. 

 April 25. 

 May 4. 

 May 10. 

 May 10. 



PLANTS GROWING IN GARDENS NEAR NORTH SHIELDS, 1860. 



Snowdrop 



Crocus — purple 



Crocus — yellow 



Crocus — white 



Red floweiing currant 



against a wall 



Red flowering currant 



standard 



Daffodil 



Gooseberiy 



Red currant 



Cherry 



Yellow auricula 



Jargonelle pear 



Date of 

 Flowering. 



Jan. 19. 



Feb. 7. 



Feb. 8. 



Feb. 11. 



Jan. 28. 



Feb. 23 

 Mar. 4 

 Mar. 31 

 April 10 

 April 10 

 April 11 

 April 12 



Blue hyacinth 



Apple tree (Keswick 

 codling) 



Black currant 



London pride 



Lily of the valley 



Purple lilac 



Strawberry 



Laburnum 



Chrysanthenuuii 



Gazunia ami .scarlet 

 geraiiiiini survived the 

 winter of 18()8, and 

 flowered in the sum- 

 mer. 



Date of 

 Floweriiifr. 



April 16. 



April 20. 

 April 22. 

 April 2G. 

 April 29. 

 April 30. 

 May 1. 

 May 14. 

 Oct. 30. 



