John Keble's Parishes

COMPOSITÆ

THISTLES (Carduus nutans).

(C. tenuifolia).

MILK THISTLE (Silybum marianum).-Once in Boyatt Lane.

(S crispus).

(Cnicus lanceolatus).

(C. palustris).

(C. arvensis).

STEMLESS T. (C. acaulis).-Little purple stars on the downs.

CARLINE (Carlina vulgaris).

BURDOCK (Arctium Lappa).-Everywhere.

(A. tomentosa).

SAW-WORT (Serratula tinctoria).-Copses round King's Lane.

KNAPWEED (Centaurea nigra).-Everywhere.

(C. Cyanea).-In fields about Hursley occasionally.

(C. Scabiosa).-Hursley.

CORN MARIGOLD (Chrysanthemum segetum).-Sometimes plentiful, but dependent on crops.

OX-EYE DAISY (C. Leucanthemum).-Everywhere.

CAMOMILE (Pyrethrum inodorum).-Everywhere.

TANSY (Tanacetum vulgaris).-King's Lane.

COMMON CHAMOMILE (Anthemis nobilis).

(A. arvensis).

(A. Cotula).

YARROW (Achillea Millefolium).

SNEEZEWORT (A. Ptarmica).-Southampton Road sides.

WORMWOOD (Artemisia vulgaris).-Kiln Lane turns to Moat House.

CUDWEED (Gnaphalium minimum).

(G. germanium).

(G. sylvaticum).

GROUNDSEL (Senecio vulgaris).

(S. sylvaticus).

RAGWORT (S. Jacobæa).-Often covered with black and yellow caterpillars.

(S. viscosus).-Marked as found at Hursley.

(S. aquaticus).

FLEABANE (Inula Conyza).-Southampton Road.

(I. Pulicaria).

DAISY (Bellis perennis).

BLUE FLEABANE (Erigeron acris).

GOLDENROD (Solidago Virga-aurea).-Wood-paths and road-sides.

COLTSFOOT (Tussilago Farfara).-In all chalky fields.

BUTTERBUR (Petasites vulgaris).-Banks of Itchen.

BUR-MARIGOLD (Bidens cernua).-It used to be in a marsh on the Romsey Road, but has not been seen lately.

HEMP AGRIMONY (Eupatorium cannabinum).-In all hedges near moisture.

CHICORY (Cichorium Intybus).-Now and then showing its pretty blue flower on the roadside.

NIPPLEWORT (Lapsana communis).-Too frequent weed.

DANDELION (Leontodon Taraxacum).-How can its praise for glorious brilliant flowers and stems fit for chains be passed by, or for the "clocks" that furnish auguries!

(L. autumnalis).-Is this a separate species, or the dandelion blowing in autumn?

GO-TO-BED AT NOON (Tragopogon pratensis).-Beautiful when open early in the day, beautiful when the long calyx is closed, and most beautiful with its handsome winged pappus-King's Lane, Otterbourne Churchyard.

WILD LETTUCE (Lactuca muralis).-On heaps of flints.

MOUSEAR (Thrincia hirta).-Sulphur-coloured, small, and held to be an excellent remedy for whooping-cough.

OX-TONGUE (Helminthia echioides).-The rough leaf is well named.

HAWKBIT (Hieracium autumnale).

(Apargia hispida).-In cornfields.

SHEEP'S-BIT (Jasione montana).-Cranbury Common.

SOW THISTLE (Sonchus arvensis).

(S. palustris).

WHORTLEBERRY (Vaccinium Myrtillus).-Ampfield Wood.

CROSS-LEAVED HEATH (Erica Tetralix) Otterbourne Hill, the glory of early autumn.

BELL HEATHER (E. cinerea).

LING (Calluna vulgaris)

BIRD'S NEST (Monotropa Hypopitys).-South Lynch Wood.

ASH (Fraxinus excelsior).

PRIVET (Ligustrum vulgare).-Lane leading to the Itchen.