the small ephemerals and sliingle plants like the Stonecrops, which 

 had dried up and disappeared oy mid July„ The shingle at Dungeness 

 looked like a desert except for quantities of Dodder (cuscuta 

 epithymum L, ) v/hose masses of snail pink flowers were colourful 

 and scented. Vipers Bugloss (Echium vulgare Lc ) v/as intensely blueo 



The hot weather was favourable to the grov/th of Th.om Apple 

 (Datura stramonium L* ) which was reported from all over the country. 



A visitor reported Milk Vetch (Astrala^iis glyc3^hyllos Ho) 

 from Copt Point - this was a veiy unlikely location, and the plant 

 in question proved to be the white form of Galega officinalis L, 

 (G-oat's Rue) which has escaped from the gardens on East Cliff, 



We shall probably hear that 1 937 was "a bad summer" because 

 the holiday months, from mid July to mid September, were cold and 

 v/et with some savage gales in Augusto Some lovely summery v/eather 

 follov/ed in late September and October, but came too late to save 

 the potato crop, which was badly blighted. The wet weather and 

 sunny autumn induced all manner of plants to make secondary growth 

 and remain in flower, so that the wild flov/er collection in October 

 wsis colourful and summer like. Autumn fruits were scarce, except 

 for blackberries and field roses (Rosa arvensis Huds, ) which 

 produced abundant hips: elderberries were very few, 



A nijunber of uncommon grasses were found: - Purple Sinallreed 

 (Calaraagrostis canescens Gmel, ) in some quantity at Dungeness; 

 Wood Smallreed (Bush grass, Calamagrostis epigeios Roth)near Acrise 

 and elsev/herec Great Brome (Bromus maximus Deaf,. ) and Tall Brome 

 (Bromus giganteus L, ) in a number of places; Upright Brome 

 (Bromus erectus Euds. ) in '."oolage Vfoods^ A vi.vdtor frou 

 Broadstairs left a specimen of Finger Grass (Panicum (Digitaria) 

 sanguinale). We should like to Imow where this v/as found. 



During the last two years an unusual number of seedling f oirns 

 of Broad leaved Helleborines (Epipactis latifolia All,) and 

 Violet Helleborines (Epipactis violaceae) have occurred. These 

 seedlings are very diverse in form and colour. Some very fine 

 specimens of Leopard Orchid (Orchis pardalina L, ) were seen at 

 Hothfield, 



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