PLANT LIFE.
Plants in flower.—Shepherd’s purse, candytuft, buttercup, meadow vetchling, red clover, white clover, wild rose, blackberry, poison hemlock, 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, smooth-stalked meadow grass, rough-stalked meadow grass, meadow fescue, sheep’s fescue, couch grass, Spanish chestnut, lime, and others.
Fruits of gooseberry, cherry, raspberry, strawberry, and other plants are ripe.
Ferns.—Spores of male-fern, bracken, and hart’s tongue are ripe ([Chap. X.]).
Fungi.—Mushrooms ([p. 203]) and toadstools may be found.
ANIMAL LIFE.
Mammals.—Lambs are weaned.
Birds.—Many birds are hatching second broods. Old cuckoos begin to depart at end of month. Poultry moult. Young wild ducks may be seen in water meadows.
Frogs and Toads.—Young animals leave ponds.
Insects.—Cabbage-white caterpillars pupate. Tiger moths (p. 369) emerge from pupae at end of month. Caterpillars of vapourer moth ([p. 364]) may be found.