286 
BOTANICAL NOTES FROM SOUTH BEDS 
BOTANICAL NOTES FKOM SOUTH BEDS, 
WITH VOUCHER SPECIMENS. 
Name. 
Date. 
1888. 
Aspect. 
Situation, &c. 
Corylus avellana . 
Jan.29 
N. 
Hill top, both sexes of flowers 
open. 
Mercurialis perennis .. 
Feb. 12 
S. 
Bank, foliage and buds only. 
Tussilago Farfara . .. 
Mar. 3 
S. 
G. N. R., several blossoms. 
Petasites vulgaris .... 
„ 4 
Open. 
Boggy meadow, one spike 
only, which was nipped by 
frost. See below. 
Mercurialis perennis .. 
„ 25 
S. 
Hedge bank. 
Cardamine hirsuta .... 
„ 30 
S.W. 
Side of a brook. 
Ranunculus Ficaria .. 
30 
Open. 
Boggy meadow. 
Petasites vulgaris .... 
„ 30 
If 
Plants not generally in blos¬ 
som till about this date. 
See above. 
Helleborus viridis .... 
April 1 
n 
Meadow, numerous blossoms. 
Salix capraea . 
,, 7 
w. 
Coppice. 
Caltha palustris . 
n 13 
Open. 
Moist meadow. 
Ulmus montana . 
„ 15 
}J 
Anemone nemorosa .. 
15 
? y 
Coppice. 
Poten. Fragariastrum .. 
» 15 
W. 
Bank. 
Primula veris . 
„ 21 
S.E. 
Hill side. 
Nepeta Glechoma .... 
„ 28 
Open. 
Rough ground. 
Prunus spinosa . 
29 
Hedge, only a few flowers 
open. 
Adoxa Moschatellina .. 
May 6 
N.W. 
Bank. 
Ranunculus bulbosus.. 
„ 9 
S.E. 
Pasture. 
Stellaria Holostea .... 
„ 12 
W. 
Bank, plentiful. 
Sisymbrium Alliaria .. 
„ 12 
J) 
Do. do. 
Cardamine pratensis .. 
>. 12 
Open. 
Meadow, plentiful. 
Scilla nutans . 
„ 13 
N.E. 
Bank. 
Viola Riviniana . 
„ 13 
W. 
Bank. 
Geranium Robertianum 
„ 21 
S.W. 
Hedge bank. 
Vicia sepium . 
„ 21 
*J 
Do. do. 
Crataegus monogyna .. 
„ 31 
n 
Do. do. 
The excessive cold of the early months of this year rendered the 
records very meagre till near the end of March. Dog’s Mercury, 
March 25th, I have known in blossom by the first of January; Colts¬ 
foot, dated March 3rd, has been in blossom late in January in the 
same station, which has been under observation for six or seven 
years; while Butterbur, which showed one blossom March 4tli, was 
retarded by frost for quite another fortnight. Barren Strawberry, 
sometimes gathered in January, was searched for carefully, but was 
not observed till April 15th.—J. Saunders, Luton. 
