Sweet Hampstead and Its AssociationsWhite, Caroline A.
History
Sweet Hampstead and Its Associations
White, Caroline A.
Hampstead (London, England) -- History
DOG VIOLET (_Viola canina_).—In various places on the West
Heath.
DWARF WILLOW (_Salix repens_, Smith, _Salex repens_,
Bab.).—Near the bog opposite the grounds of Hill House, North
End.
_June._
COMMON WATERCRESS (_Nasturtium officinalis_).—In a pool at the
lower end of the watercourse.
RAGGED ROBIN (_Lychnis flos-cuculi_).—On the moist margin of
the same place near the pond.
MARSH STITCHWORT (_Stellaria glauca_).—Same habitat as the
above.
WATER RANUNCULUS (_R. aquatilis_).—In the pond at the bottom of
the old watercourse.
NEEDLE GREEN-WEED, PETTY-WHIN (_Genista anglica_).—On high
ground on the West Heath.
COMMON BROOM (_Cytisus scoparius_).—Frequent on both Heaths,
making the gravelly hollows luminous. These now effaced (1895).
BUCK BEAN (_Menyanthes trifoliata_).—On the sphagnum by the
watercourse.
MARSH RED RATTLE (_Pedicularis palustris_).—Beds of its rosy
flowers in moist places frequent on the West Heath.
COTTON GRASS, DOWNY-STALKED (_Eriophorum pubescens_).—Once
plentiful in May and June beside the watercourse, in the bed of
which I found it lingering in the summer of 1873. Abundant June
3, 1874; lost 1895.
COTTON GRASS (_Eriophorum angustifolium_).—Same habitat.
MARSH PENNYWORT (_Hydrocotyle vulgaris_).—In damp places on the
West Heath.
CUCKOO-FLOWER, LADY’S SMOCK (_Cardamine pratensis_).—On bogs on
West Heath, of a beautiful deep lilac hue.
COMMON MILKWORT (_Polygala vulgaris_).—I call it gay-wings.
Blue, pink, purple and white, disports itself in all the grassy
hollows on the Western Heath.
SWEET WOODRUFF (_Asperula odorata_).—In the shade of the trees
in the neighbourhood of the red viaduct, near Lord Mansfield’s
grounds, Lower Heath.
SCARLET PIMPERNEL, SHEPHERD’S WEATHER-GLASS (_Anagallis
arvensis_).—Borders of the sandy roadsides, fields and paths.
LESSER STITCHWORT (_Stellaria graminea_).—In the little dells
on lower part of West Heath.
REST HARROW (_Ononis arvensis_).—On Upper Heath.
COMMON FURZE (_Ulex europæus_).—Everywhere amongst the gravelly
mounds and hollows on the Upper Heath and North End Hill.
MARE’S-TAIL (_Hippurus vulgaris_).—Margins of ponds, Upper and
Lower Heath.
BROOKLIME (_Veronica beccabunga_).—In channel of the old
watercourse.
COMMON ELDER (_Sambucus nigra_).—Plentiful in hedgerows and
lanes in the vicinity of the Heath. Constable noticed the
beauty of its rounded cymes.
SPEEDWELL (_Veronica spicata_).—On West Heath, near Leg of
Mutton Pond.
SHEEP’S SORREL (_Rumex acetosella_).—Abundant on West Heath,
its deep red clustered spikes of flowers conspicuous above the
yet unopened white ones of _Galium saxatile_, among which it
frequently appears.
GREATER STITCHWORT (_Stellaria holostea_).—Amongst the bushes
near the Leg of Mutton Pond, West Heath.
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