John Keble's Parishes

CRANESBILL TRIBE

DOVE'S-FOOT CRANE'S-BILL (Geranium Columbinum).-Roadsides.

SHINING C. (G. lucidum).-Heap of stones, Hursley.

(G. dissectum).-Everywhere.

(G. Molle).-Otterbourne

HERB ROBERT C. (G. Robertianum).-Very common, and the crimson leaves a great winter ornament.

BLOODY C. (G. phæum).-Ladwell Hill, where it may be a remnant of a cottage garden.

STORK'S-BILL (Erodium moschatum).-Otterbourne Hill.

(E. cicutarium).-Farley Mount.

WOOD-SORREL (Oxalis Acetosella).-This exquisite plant with delicate flower and trefoil leaves grows on many mossy banks, especially on one on the Ampfield Road.

HOLLY (Ilex Aquifolium).-The glory of the peaty woods. The people distinguish the berried shrubs as holly, i.e. holy, those without berries being holm.

SPINDLE-TREE (Euonymus europæus).-Also called skewer wood. "A tree that grows on purpose," as an old woman said of the material of her pegs. The charming berries with their crimson hearts are plentiful in King's Lane.

BUCKTHORN (Rhamnus Frangula).-Otterbourne Hill.

(R. catharticus) .-Hursley.

SYCAMORE (Acer Pseudo-platanus).-Road by Oakwood.

MAPLE (A. campestre).-Painting the hedges in autumn with its yellow leaves.