John Keble's Parishes: A History of Hursley and Otterbourne Part 21

WOODRUFF (Asperula odorata).--Sparrow Grove.

(A. cynanchica).--Chalk downs.

FIELD MADDER (Sherardia arvensis).--Otterbourne Hill.

VALERIAN (Valeriana dioica).--Itchen meadows.

LESSER V. (V. officinalis).--Itchen meadows.

LAMB'S LETTUCE (Valerianella olitorium).--Downs and stubble-fields.

TEASEL (Dipsacus sylvestris).--Grand ornament to the hedges. On a fallow field it came up in quant.i.ties, as if sown.

DEVIL'S-BIT SCABIOUS (Scabiosa succisa).--Makes grey clouds all over Cranbury Park.

COMMON S. (S. arvensis).--Everywhere.

LESSER S. (S. Columbaria).--Malabar wayside.

HARE BELL (Campanula rotundifolia).--Otterbourne Hill.

NETTLE-LEAVED BELLFLOWER (C. Trachelium).--Road-sides.

Cl.u.s.tERED B. (C. glomerata).--Pitt Down.

COMPOSITAE

THISTLES (Carduus nutans).

(C. tenuifolia).

MILK THISTLE (Silyb.u.m marianum).--Once in Boyatt Lane.

(S crispus).

(Cnicus lanceolatus).

(C. pal.u.s.tris).

(C. arvensis).

STEMLESS T. (C. acaulis).--Little purple stars on the downs.

CARLINE (Carlina vulgaris).

BURDOCK (Arctium Lappa).--Everywhere.

(A. tomentosa).

SAW-WORT (Serratula tinctoria).--Copses round King's Lane.

KNAPWEED (Centaurea nigra).--Everywhere.

(C. Cyanea).--In fields about Hursley occasionally.

(C. Scabiosa).--Hursley.

CORN MARIGOLD (Chrysanthemum segetum).--Sometimes plentiful, but dependent on crops.

OX-EYE DAISY (C. Leucanthemum).--Everywhere.

CAMOMILE (Pyrethrum inodorum).--Everywhere.

TANSY (Tanacetum vulgaris).--King's Lane.

COMMON CHAMOMILE (Anthemis n.o.bilis).

(A. arvensis).

(A. Cotula).

YARROW (Achillea Millefolium).

SNEEZEWORT (A. Ptarmica).--Southampton Road sides.

WORMWOOD (Artemisia vulgaris).--Kiln Lane turns to Moat House.

CUDWEED (Gnaphalium minimum).

(G. germanium).

(G. sylvatic.u.m).

GROUNDSEL (Senecio vulgaris).

(S. sylvaticus).

RAGWORT (S. Jacobaea).--Often covered with black and yellow caterpillars.

(S. viscosus).--Marked as found at Hursley.

(S. aquaticus).

FLEABANE (Inula Conyza).--Southampton Road.

(I. Pulicaria).

DAISY (Bellis perennis).

BLUE FLEABANE (Erigeron acris).

GOLDENROD (Solidago Virga-aurea).--Wood-paths and road-sides.

COLTSFOOT (Tussilago Farfara).--In all chalky fields.

b.u.t.tERBUR (Petasites vulgaris).--Banks of Itchen.

BUR-MARIGOLD (Bidens cernua).--It used to be in a marsh on the Romsey Road, but has not been seen lately.

HEMP AGRIMONY (Eupatorium cannabinum).--In all hedges near moisture.

CHICORY (Cichorium Intybus).--Now and then showing its pretty blue flower on the roadside.