Lady’s Mantle (Alchemilla arvensis).—Crabwood.
Sweet-Briar (Rosa rubiginosa).—Copse by pond, Cranbury.
Dog-Rose (R. canina).—With handsomer hips.
White Dog-Rose (R. arvensis).
Hawthorn (Cratægus monogyna).—Who does not love when the blossoms cover them like snow-drift? Well are they called May.
Mountain Ash (Pyrus Aucuparia).—This rowan-tree of Scotland has no weird horrors here, but it is the ornament of the woods, with white cymes, red berries, and feathery leaves.
Crab-Tree (P. Malus).—Romsey Road, where the pinky blossoms show opposite Cranbury Gate.
Whitebeam (P. Aria).—Grey or white leaves shine out in Ampfield Wood.
Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria).—Ophelia’s long purples adorn the water-courses in the Itchen mead.