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May 9tli, Prunus Cerasus, L., Potentilla reptans, Cratcegus Oxyacantha, 

 Bunium fiexuosum, Melampyrum pratense, and Lysimacliia 

 nemorum, flovt^er. Wall Butterfly, Lassiommata megera^ appears. 

 Swallow, Hirundo rustica, builds. 

 „ 12tli, Silene inflata, Lotus corniculatus, and Trigonella ornithopodoides, 

 D.C., flower. 



„ 14tli, Orange-tip Butterfly EucKloe cardamines, appears. 



„ 15tli, Martin, Hirundo urhica, builds. Geranium Plmum, Geum 



urbanum, Tormentilla reptans, and Ldthospermum officinale, 



flower. 



„ 18tli, Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, flowers. 



„ 19tli, Small Copper Butterfly, Chrysophanus Phloeas, appears. Ruby 

 Tiger Moth., seen. Spergularia rubra, St. Hil., Ldnum angusti- 

 folium, Geranium columbinum, Hieracium pilosella, Symphy- 

 tum officinale, Veronica Beccabunga, and Anagallis arvensis, 

 flower. 



„ 23rd, Ranunculus Flammula, Malva rotundifolia. Iris pseudacorus, and 

 Listera ovata, flower. 



„ 24:tli, Grizzled Skipper Butterfly, Pyrgus malvce, appears. Small Heath 

 Butterfly, Ccenonympha pamphilus, and Blue Butterfly, Polyom- 

 matus Alexis, seen. Rhinanthus Crista-galli, in flower. 



„ 28th, Tamus communis, flower. 



„ 29th, Malva sylvestris, Stellaria graminea, Lathyrus pratensis, Sedum 

 anglicum, Fedia dentata, Bieb., and Sambucus nigra, flower. 



„ 31st, Rubus suberectus, Anders, uEthusa cynassium, Cotyledon umbilicus, 

 Cardium palustris, and Orobanche major, flower. 



VESUVIUS. 



By F. Buchanan White, M.D. 



On the 18th of May, as the day promised well, we {i.e. my wife and I,) 

 set off for the ascent of mount Vesuvius, meeting the guide and horses at 

 the town of Torre Annunziata. The road at first gently ascends through 

 vineyards till the village of Boscotrecase is passed, when the incline becomes 



