John Keble's Parishes

REEDS

BOGRUSH (L. campestris).-Little rush.

(L. pilosa).-Ampfield Wood.

RUSH (Juncus conglomeratus).-The days of rush-lights are gone by, but rush-baskets for flowers and helmets are made by the children, and the white pith, when pressed, is made up into devices.

(F. effusus)

(F. glaucus) All in Itchen meadows.

(F. acutiflorus)

(F. squamosus)

BEAKRUSH (Rhynchospora fusca).

SINGLE BULRUSH (Scirpus lacustris).

(S. sylvatica).-Marsh near Baddesley Road.

(S. setaceus).

COTTON GRASS (Eriophorum angustifolium).-The soft cottony or silky heads are beautiful on the Itchen roads.

SEDGES (Carex pulicaris).

(C. acuta).-Copses.

(C. paniculata).-Itchen Canal.

(C. riparia).-Dell Copse.

STAR SEDGE (C. stellulata).-Copses.

(C. verna).

(C. acuta).-A lovely black and yellow fringe to the Itchen Canal.

(C. pallescens).-Damp places.

(C. paludosa).-Banks of Itchen Canal.

(C. sylvatica).-Cranbury.

(C. remota).-Boyatt Lane.