DWARF FURZE (_U. nanus_).—Rather less frequent. BROOM (_Genista scoparia_).—Exquisite golden spires on the peat. NEEDLE BROOM (_G. anglica_).—Cuckoo Bushes. DYER’S GREENWEED (_G. tinctoria_).—In a ditch in a meadow on the Ampfield Road. REST HARROW (_Ononis arvensis_).—Pretty pink and white blossoms like miniature lady-peas on a troublesome weed. KIDNEY VETCH (_Anthyllis Vulneraria_).—Borders of down. BLACK MEDICK (_Medicago lupulina_).—Chalk-pit. (_M. denticulata_).—Ampfield. MELILOT (_Melilotus officinalis_).—Kiln Lane, Otterbourne. BIRDSFOOT (_Ornithopus perpusillus_).—Otterbourne Hill. (_Trigonella ornithopodioides_).—Otterbourne. TREFOIL (_Trifulium subterraneum_). (_T. pratense_). DUTCH CLOVER (_T. repens_). HOPDOWN (_T. procumbens_). (_T. minus_). (_T. hybridum_). STRAWBERRY TREFOIL (_T. fragiferum_).—Once on canal bank. MILK VETCH (_Hippocrepis comosa_).—Hursley. BIRD’S-FOOT TREFOIL (_Lotus corniculatus_).—This golden or ruddy part of the embroidery of the down is known to children as Ladies’ Slippers or Ladies’ Fingers. (_L. major_).—A taller variety. TARE (_Ervum hirsutum_).—Tiny grey flowers. (_E. tetraspermum_). PURPLE VETCH (_Vicia Cracca_).—Throwing royal purple garlands over every hedge in the lanes. COMMON V. (_V. sativa_).—Very common, varying from crimson to dark red. WOOD V. (_V. sepium_).—A brilliant little red flower. GRASS VETCHLING (_Lathyrus Nissolia_).—Found once in a bank near Chandler’s Ford; once at Silkstede. WOOD V. (_L. sylvestris_).—Doubtful, but something like it grows in Sparrow Grove near the waterworks. YELLOW V. (_L. pratensis_).—Common, mixed with grass. HEATH PEA (_Orobus tuberosus_).—On the peat soil. ROSE TRIBE BLACKTHORN (_Prunus spinosa_).—It is believed that no hurt is so hard of healing as from a blackthorn. Also blackthorn winter is supposed to bring fresh cold in spring, when the bushes almost look as if clothed by hoar-frost. WILD CHERRY (_P. Avium_).—The fine, tall, shapely trees put on their bridal show in the woods of Cranbury and Ampfield. BIRD-CHERRY (_P. Padus_).—Not very common. There is one in the grounds at Otterbourne House, but it is not certainly wild. MEADOW-SWEET (_Spiræa Ulmaria_).—Raising its creamy cymes of blossoms in every ditch where there is a little moisture. DROPWORT (_S. Filipendula_).—On the borders of Pitt Down and Crab Wood. AGRIMONY (_Agrimonia Eupatoria_).—Long yellow spikes in all dry hedges. BURNET (_Sanguisorba officinalis_).—Chalk-pit by Sparrow Grove, also Dane Lane, where the green balls with tiny red blossoms may be found, and sometimes the green and crimson burnet moth. BARREN STRAWBERRY (_Potentilla Fragariastrum_).—How often has “mustn’t pick the strawberry blossom” been quoted to this delusive little white cinquefoil in early spring, when it peeps out among leaves very like strawberry-leaves in the hedge.