Sweet Hampstead and Its AssociationsWhite, Caroline A.
History
Sweet Hampstead and Its Associations
White, Caroline A.
Hampstead (London, England) -- History
WHITE DUTCH CLOVER (_Trifolium repens_).—Sparsely on the
West Heath, near the reservoir, and in the fields going to
Parliament Hill.
DWARF MALLOW (_Malva rotundifolia_).—Under the garden-wall of
Hill House, North End.
_July._
DEVIL’S-BIT SCABIOUS (_Scabiosa succisa_).—On the higher part
of West Heath.
COMMON EYE-BRIGHT (_Euphrasia officinalis_).—On the high ground
under the western plateau of the Heath. One of Milton’s flowers.
COMMON BUGLE (_Ajuga reptans_).—In moist places; abundant over
all the Heath; perennial.
UPRIGHT ST. JOHN’S WORT (_Hypericum pulchrum_).—On the dry
banks above Leg of Mutton Pond, at the foot of the watercourse.
COMMON FILAGO (_F. germanica_).—Frequent about the gravel-pits,
Upper Heath.
WOOD SAGE (_Teucrium scorodonia_).—Abundant on Upper Heath.
COMMON BIRD’S-FOOT TREFOIL (_Lotus corniculatus_).—Abundant on
the West Heath.
GREATER BIRD’S-FOOT TREFOIL (_Lotus major_).—Near the old
watercourse, towards the pond.
PURPLE SANDWORT (_Arenaria rubra_).—On the sandy paths and
hillocks east of Jack Straw’s Castle, Lower Heath.
TORMENTILLA (_T. reptans_).—Its red trailing stems,
strawberry-shaped leaves, and bright yellow flowers, common
everywhere upon the Heath all summer.
HEATH BEDSTRAW (_Gallium saxatile_).—Great spaces on the high
ground of the Upper Heath snowy white with the dense panicles
of this lovely little plant.
HAREBELL (_Campanula rotundifolia_).—Common over all the upper
parts of the Heath.[300]
LESSER SPEARWORT (_Ranunculus flammula_).—Along the margins of
the old watercourse.
CELERY-LEAVED CROWFOOT (_R. sceleratus_).—In the same
neighbourhood.
GREAT REEDMACE, OR CAT’S-TAIL (_Typha latifolia_).—In the pond
on Lord Mansfield’s grounds, beside the viaduct, where an old
boat lies stranded (1856).
WATER VIOLET (_Viola palustris_).—Margin of the same pond,
and in the pool at the bottom of the watercourse behind Jack
Straw’s Castle.
MEADOWSWEET, QUEEN OF THE MEADOW (_Spiræa ulmaria_).—In the bed
of an old runnel on the right of the New Road going to Child’s
Hill.
SUNDEW (_Drosera rotundifolia_).—Boggy places amongst sphagnum
beds in the vicinity of the watercourse, West Heath.
COMMON YARROW, MILFOIL (_Achillea millefolium_).—Almost
everywhere on the Heath.
MOUSE-EAR HAWKWEED (_Hieracium pilosella_).—Runs over all the
little mounds and hillocks on the Western Heath; abundant all
the summer.
_August._
COMMON CHAMOMILE (_Anthemis nobilis_).—In many places on the
Upper Heath.
DODDER (_Cuscuta epithymum_).—Found on furze bushes on the
Upper Heath August, 1859.
BETONY (_Betonica officinalis_).—Amongst furze clumps in a line
with the old watercourse.
FINE-LEAVED HEATH (_Erica cinerea_).—On the West Heath in
gravelly, grass-grown hollows.
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