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Extra Observations, January 28 — October 4, 1844. 



DATES OF FLOWERING OF PLANTS, &c. 



1844. 





1844. 







Jan. 28. 



Galanthus nivalis, in flower. 



April 



20. 



Lychnis diurna, in flower. 



March 4. 



Draba verna, in flower. 





21. 



Pyrus communis (cultivated), in full blos- 



10. 



Fragaria vesca, in flower. 







som ; probably in flower by the 14th. 



17. 



Agraphis nutans, leaves above ground. 





— 



A wasp (Vespa vulgaris) seen. 



— 



Mercurialis perennis, beginning to flower. 





22. 



Cerasus Padus, in full blossom ; probably 



— 



Crataegus Oxyacantha, in leaf. 







in flower by the 14th. 



22. 



A bat seen. 





24' 



Agraphis nutans, in flower. 



23. 



Buxus sempervirens, in flower. 





— 



Caltha palustris, in flower. 



— 



Ribes Grossularia, in leaf. 





25. 



Juglans regia, in leaf. 



27. 



Mercurialis perennis, in flower. 





— 



Fagus sylvatica, in leaf. 



29. 



Ranunculus Ficaria, in flower. 





27. 



Berberis vulgaris, found well in leaf; pro- 



— 



A tortoise-shell butterfly (Vanessa urticse) 







bably in leaf by the 22d. 





seen. 





28. 



Tilia Europaea, in leaf. 



30. 



Primula acaulis, in flower. 





— 



Seeds of Ulmus montana well forward. 



April 1 . 



Pulmonaria officinalis, in flower. 



May 



1. 



Quercus Robur, in flower. 



— 



iEsculus Hippocastanum, in leaf. 





— 



Fraxinus excelsior (young tree), in leaf. 



— 



Syringa vulgaris, in leaf. 





3. 



Erysimum Alliaria, in flower. 



3. 



Ulmus montana, in flower. 





— 



Veronica Chamagdrys, in flower. 



7. 



1 Larix Europsea, in leaf. 





— 



Syringa vulgaris, in flower. 



13. 



Pyrus aucuparia, in leaf. 





— 



The cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) heard for 



14. 



Viola canina, in flower. 







the first time. 



— 



Myosotis arvensis, in flower. 





5. 



Acer Pseudo-platanus, in flower. 



15. 



Ulmus montana, in leaf. 





7. 



Fraxinus excelsior (from which flowering 



16. 



Alnus glutinosa, in flower. 







noted), in leaf. 



— 



A swallow (Hirundo rustica ?) seen. 





8. 



Crataegus Oxyacantha, in flower. 



17. 



Saxifraga granulata, in flower. 





15. 



Seed-vessels of Ulmus montana well filled. 



— 



Myosotis palustris (?), in flower. 





18. 



Juglans regia, in flower. 



18. 



Fraxinus excelsior, in flower. 



June 



6. 



Quercus Robur (young tree), only leafed. 



— 



Platanus occidentalis, in leaf. 





8. 



Fraxinus excelsior (old tree), leafed. 



— 



Betula alba, in leaf. 





15. 



Swifts (Cypselus apus ?) first seen. 



— 



Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, in flower. 





30. 



Valeriana officinalis, in flower. 



19. 



Alnus glutinosa, in leaf. 





— 



Ligustrum vulgare, in flower. 



— 



Ulmus montana, green seed-vessels very 





— 



Spiraea salicifolia, in flower. 





distinct. 



July 



13. 



Tilia Europsea, in flower. 



— 



Cerasus Padus, in leaf; must have been 



Aug. 



1. 



Ulmus montana, leaves coloured. 





in leaf by the 14th. 





17. 



Fraxinus excelsior, leaves nearly off one 



20. 



Prunus spinosa, in leaf and flower. 







tree, and in about a fortnight the greater 



— 



Helianthemum vulgare, in flower. 







part of the leaves off the trees. 



— 



Galium cruciatum, in flower. 





20. 



Quercus Robur, leaves coloured. 



— 



Primula veris, in flower. 



Oct. 



4. 



Saw a swallow (Hirundo rustica ?). 



— 



Ranunculus acris, in flower. 









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