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Art. VI. Perennial Calendar for various Parts of Europe. 



Skeleton Form for February. — Flora. The following plants flower, 

 viz. the crocus on the , snowdrop , primrose , violet 



, hypatica , mezereon , polyanthus , field speed- 



well , daisy , winter aconite , dandelion , almond 



, pilewort , and the hyacinth on the 



Fauna. — Fieldfares and redwings remain on the , song of the 



thrush heard on the , missel thrush , chaffinch , skylark 



, woodlark . Marsh titmouse begins his spring note , 



and the blackbird on the . The raven and common owl paired 



about the , geese lay , and wood-pigeon coos on the 



Meteorology. — The weather, &c. as in January. 

 ^ (The remaining months of the year will be given in next Number, and 

 ■the skeleton forms, with the improvements of different correspondents, 

 delivered with the Number for November.) 



Art. VII. Calendar of Nature for London. 



THtl middle of April to the middle of June. — Flora. The common yellow 

 ■flag, pink, butter-cup, tulip, hyacinth, jonquil, archangel blackthorn, were 

 all in flower on the 15th ; male orchis, 16th ; grape hyacinth, 20th ; crown 

 imperial, 25th ; stitchwort and cowslip on the 26th ; about this time, fruit- 

 trees, as apples, pears, &c.,' generally in flower. 



Fauna. Arrived, the chifF-chaff" and smallest willow wren, on the 8th; 

 swallow, on the 9th; house martin, 23d; black martin, 23d ; field lark, 14thj 

 nightingale, on the 14th ; white-throat, 14th ; cuckoo, 22d ; wryneck, I5th; 

 and orange-tip butterfly, on the 1 2th. 



May. — Flora. The harebell hyacinth, on the 8th; gentianella, 12th; 

 oxlip, 22d ; yellow rattle, 20th ; herb Robert, 6th; Guelder rose, laburnum, 

 and scarlet thorn, on the 16th ; mulberry came in leaf about the 20th ; and 

 green peas and cauliflowers appeared in market on the 20th. 



Fauna. Young rooks, on the 10th ; land-rail heard oh the 11th ; cock- 

 chaffer seen on the 25th ; dragon flies, 25th ; glow-worm, 26th ; rose-beetle, 

 27th ; white angler's-fly, 22d ; gad-fly, 24th ; fly-catcher and turtle-dove, on 

 the 23d. 



June. — Flora. Among the great variety of flowers at present in the 

 gardens, it may only be necessary to notice a few which are met with every 

 where; viz., Fraxinella began to flower on the 2d ; spiderwort, on the 4th ; 

 orange lily, the 4th ; corn-flag or sword-lily, on the 6th ; pyramidal orchis, 

 on the 1st; and sweet William, about the 4th. 



Fauna. The young of many small birds fly ; viz., redbreast, sparrows, 

 hedge-sparrows, blackbirds, thrushes, and starlings; also young magpies, 

 jackdaws, and crows. 



The Weather, from the beginning of May to this time, has been a conti- 

 nuation of that we have had ever since the commencement of the year. 

 Changeableness has been its general character. Dry and wet days have 

 succeeded each other; showers and sunshine occurred several times on the 

 same day. Easterly and northerly winds prevailed during the first two 

 weeks of May ; but frequently shifting to the opposite points, were, on such 

 change, always accompanied with rain. Thunder-showers have been fre- 

 quent, and sometimes very heavy, with hail, and sometimes followed by 

 night-frosts. Travellers over extensive tracts of the kingdom have been 

 struck with the appearance of drenched ground in one district, and annoyed 

 by the dust flying on the roads in another, at no great distance. The quan- 

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