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53. 28th March - 1st April 1953. Rather broken weather with heavy showers, some sleet or hail, high W. winds & very hot sunbursts intermixed. In spite of general chill garden plants everywhere cheerful after the showers following a dry month, but in the hills grass very scarce & little or no growth, though the Whins - those not burnt on St. Patrick's Day - well in flower up to 1,000ft. On 1st April drove to foot of lane above Jobstown, Co. DU., & walked up & over Knocknavea almost to Ballinascorney & back. Collected some mosses for Miss Thomson off a wall on S. side of the highest point, of which 4 species mounted below. These taken at about 1,100 feet alt. [[image]] Bryum capillare. In large bright green-velvety cushion at base of wall. [[image]] Grimmia pulsinata old + new fruit In silvery cushions 1/2 to 2 inches diam. on stones of wall. [[image]] Grimmia apocarpa. On stones of wall. [[image]] Fissidens decipiens All fide Miss Thomson. In masses to top of wall facing SW. Mosses from roadside wall by lane 1/2 mile S. of Tumoling Pool at ca. 1,100 ft. 1.4.53. 54. April 3, 1953. After a cold day & night with heavy showers the hills at 8 AM. this morning were quite white with snow, but continuous hot sun from a blue sky had by noon melted this. In afternoon drove to W. end of Phoenix Park where left car at White's Gate & walked to food of the Furry Glen & back to car, but saw no bird migrants around the pond: by this time the sky had clouded over & a strong cold S. wind was blowing, which was S.E. at Harold's Cross on our return home. An area just W. of the pond in the Furry Glen now railed in & planted - apparently with young Sycamore trees exclusively. This new plantation extends the length of the pond & bounded at top of the slope by the old mixed plantation from which the surrounding railings have been removed & it thrown open. 4th April. Fresh snow on hills this morning & reported in paper as having fallen in many parts of the country including Killarney & other parts of Kerry. Received a latter from J.F. Perkins by first post - dated 26th March, but postmarked 2nd April! - with names for two Icks which I had sent him ten days ago. The first is a Phaeogenid ♀︎ from which I could only run down in Schmiedeknechts's key to Micrope macilenta, but did not believe.