AUGUST.
PLANT LIFE.
Plants in flower.—Shepherd’s purse, candytuft, buttercup, meadow vetchling, red clover, white clover, wild rose, blackberry, water hemlock, cow parsnip, carrot, hedge parsley, fool’s parsley, water dropwort, daisy, dandelion, thistle, foxglove, speedwell, snapdragon, mullein, musk, mint, thyme, sage, red deadnettle, white deadnettle, rushes, slender foxtail, Timothy grass, Yorkshire fog, wild oat, annual meadow grass, couch grass, and others.
Leaves of horse chestnut begin to fall.
Fruits of cherry, plum, raspberry, and other plants are ripe.
Corn.—Wheat, oats, and barley harvests begin.
Ferns.—Spores of male-fern, bracken, and hart’s tongue are ripe.
Fungi.—Mushrooms and toadstools may be found.
ANIMAL LIFE.
Birds.—Swifts and old cuckoos depart. Many rooks go into winter quarters. Nightingales begin to depart. Sand-martins congregate. Song-birds are comparatively silent.
Insects.—All stages of vapourer moth may be found.