Watercress (Nasturtium officinale).—Everywhere in running water, and now Poolhole is made into a nursery for it.
Shepherd’s Purse (Thlaspi Bursa-pastoris).—Even the purses are to be seen before we well know the tiny white flowers to be in blossom.
Pennycress (T. arvense).—Larger, and uplifting a spike of rounded, fan-shaped capsules.
Wild Mignonette (Reseda lutea).—Mignonette all but the perfume—chalk-pits.
Dyer’s Rocket (R. luteola).—Slenderer and more spiked; more common.
Rock Rose (Helianthemum vulgare).—There is an elegance and delicacy of colour about this little cistus which renders it one of the most charming of the many stars of the wayside, as it grows on Compton Hill.
Sweet Violet (Viola odorata).—The colour, purple or white or pink, seems to depend on the soil. White are the most common on the chalky side, blue on the gravel.
Marsh V. (V. palustris).—Small and pale, with round leaves. Seen at a spring in Otterbourne Park. (V. permixta).—Pinky—Kiln-yard, Otterbourne.
Dog V. (V. canina).—In every wood, rich and handsome.
Snake V. (V. hirta).—More delicate and small, growing in turf—Pleasure Grounds, Cranbury.