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Herb Robert 

 Bird's-foot Trefoil 

 Hop Trefoil 

 Tufted Vetch 

 Meadow Vetchling 

 Herb Bennet 

 Tormentil 

 Yellow Bedstraw 

 Harebell 



Devil's-bit Scabious 

 Bell Heather 

 Centaury 

 Sow Thistle 

 Slender Thistle 

 Milk Thistle 

 Nipplewort 

 Hawksbeard 



Sea Starwort 



Corn Chamomile 



Ragwort 



Knapweed 



Yarrow 



Germander Speedwell 



Viper's Bugloss 



Small Bugloss 



Betony 



Bugle 



White Dead-nettle 



Woundwort 



Wild Mint 



Thrift 



Spotted Persicaria 



Goosefoot 



Pellitory-of-the-wall 



An exceptionally long list of flowers in bloom for mid- 

 September. 



The Sixth and last Field Meeting for the year was held 

 at Seaton Delaval and Seaton Sluice on October 1 6th. 



Leaving the train at Hartley Station, we first visited Seaton 

 Delaval Hall, which was looked through, and the man and 

 horse traps and other relics of a more barbarous age examined 

 with interest. A fine view was enjoyed to the northward from 

 the roof, and the extent of the coalfield clearly defined by the 

 many smoky chimneys. The stables and kitchens, untouched 

 by the fire which destroyed the main body of the building, 

 were also looked through ; and the racy comments on the 

 various features of the place, and the legend of the theft of a 

 pig's head by a mendicant friar, as retailed by the kitchen's 

 presiding genius, were much enjoyed. After paying a visit to 

 the old church, we left the hall and walked down to the sea-, 

 shore, and on the sandhills to the north of the old harbour 

 took lunch. The harbour was next examined, with the great 

 cut through the rock that once gave access to the sea on the 

 east, though now in a ruinous condition. 



