Neighbourhood: A year's life in and about an English villageEdwardes, Tickner
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Neighbourhood: A year's life in and about an English village
Edwardes, Tickner
Country life -- England
We made a long day’s round, taking meadow, riverside, wood, and downland
in our walk, and reaching home again only when the lights were beginning
to star the misty combe; for we had a special object in our journey. To
the townsman it may well seem as fruitless a task to seek wild flowers in
November, as to go ‘gathering nuts in May.’ Well, here is a list of what
we found in one November day’s ramble about a single village in highland
Sussex—fifty-seven distinct species, and of many we could have gathered,
not single flowers, but whole handfuls, had we willed. Nor is the list
an exhaustive one either for the district or the time of year. Bringing
more eyesight, leisure, and diligence to the task, no doubt a fuller
inventory could be made in any mild season.—
Dandelion. Hawkweed. Strawberry.
Furze. Penny Cress. Teasel.
Red Dead-nettle. Hedge Mustard. Sun Spurge.
White Dead-nettle. Dwarf Spurge. Hedge Parsley.
Knapweed.
Mallow. Rock-rose.
Marguerite.
Harebell. Crane’s-bill.
Poppy.
Daisy. Heather.
Musk Thistle.
Hogweed. Betony.
Charlock.
Yarrow. Viper’s Bugloss.
Buttercup.
Sheepsbit. Burnet Saxifrage.
Red Clover.
Marjoram. Sow-thistle.
White Clover.
Cudweed. Wild Pansy.
Pimpernel.
Groundsel. Shepherd’s Purse.
Calamint.
Nipplewort. Nonsuch.
Blackberry.
Small Bindweed. Ivy.
Mayweed. Herb-Robert.
Chickweed.
Field Madder. Ragwort.
Veronica.
Sandwort. Silverweed.
White Campion. Persicary.
Red Campion. Mouse-ear.
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